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continuously  dependent  on the



         general.




         In his efforts to try to destroy the



         British, which he thought was the



         main enemy and sole threat to




         France, he embarked on an Egyptian



         expedition, in which he sought to



         undermine the trade between Britain


 which in return France was allowed   and Asia.




 control of  the Low countries (the   In Egypt, Napoleon was hindered



 Netherlands and Belgium), as well   by the British and the Ottoman



 as the rest of  Italy. He returned to   Empire, which decided that French




 France as a hero, and the republican   occupation of  the area would



 government found themselves   hinder their interests. Napoleon
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