Napoleon letter detailing Malta invasion arrives, to be exhibited during Public Service week

Napoleon letter detailing Malta invasion arrives, to be exhibited during Public Service week

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

A letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to one of his top generals detailing plans for the invasion of Malta in 1798 has arrived in Malta and will be exhibited at the National Archaeology Museum during Public Service week later this month.

The three-page letter, signed and inscribed by Napoleon himself, the then Commander in Chief of the French Army of the Orient and a young, rising star in the midst of the turbulent French Revolution, instructs General Desaix, one of his most trusted men, to “assemble the armies, impound ships, arm them, and meet off Syracuse,” so as to eventually inch closer to the island fortress of Malta.

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