Alexandre was the Russian Emperor

42. 4. homme de l'Egypte, etc. Napoléon 's Egyptian campaign was in 1798 ; the battle of Marengo was fought June 14, 1800; at Esslingen near Vienna, Napoléon defeated the Austrians in May, 1809. Napoléon is compared to Cortez, who risked his whole force in his advance on Mexico. The " Macedonian " is Alexander the Great.