NAPOLEON I, Emperor of France. Letter signed ("Bonaparte") to Citizen Poussielque, Cairo, 26 Brumaire, an 7 (16 November 1798).8vo, stationery headed: "Libert, galit." NAPOLEON IN EGYPT. From headquarters at Cairo, Napoleon urgently asks for information from El Mamoura: "I pray you, citizen, to give me a report tomorrow, at 9...of what occurred at El Mamoura..." During this period, French troops occupied Cairo and effectively controlled all lower Egypt. However, Admiral Nelson's success at the Battle of the Nile (in August) effectively cut off Napoleon and his troops from France. The Gnral en Chef, undaunted, launched his bloody campaign against Syria early in the following year.