Napoleon’s snappy guilt-trip comeback.

>The young artillery staff lieutenant Jean-Pierre Doguereau never forgot how hard it was to move cannon in the soft sand [**of Egypt**], where they could sink up to their axles. >’Well, general, are you going to take us to India like this?’ shouted a soldier at [Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg), only to receive the reply: ‘No, I wouldn’t undertake that with soldiers such as you!’ ______________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Egypt." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 170. Print. **Original Source(s) Listed:** Strathearn, *Napoleon in Egypt* p. 46. Rose, *Napoleon I* p. 190. ______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoleon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon) [French Campaign in Egypt and Syria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria)