Why did Napoleon visit his soldiers?
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Answer:
On March 21, 1799, in a make-shift hospital in Jaffa, Napoleon visited his troops who were stricken with the Bubonic Plague. Gros depicts Napoleon attempting to calm the growing panic about contagion by fearlessly touching the sores of one of the plague victims.
Explanation:
France was in chaos, and Napoleon decided to abandon his position in Egypt to pursue his career in France, in hopes of overthrowing the Directory, which he now referred to as "that bunch of lawyers." Somehow, Napoleon again managed to sneak past Nelson's blockade, and made a surprise appearance in Paris.
Napoleon understood the hardships his soldiers faced. But he often forbade looting, and did not hesitate to order summary executions for disobeying his orders. But, for the most part, discipline was loose. Unlike most of his enemies' armies, corporal punishment had been abandoned after the Revolution.