{"schema_version":1,"access":"public","rights":"Public-domain or compatibly licensed source editions; provenance is retained per record.","work":{"slug":"napoleon-army-of-the-land-1798","title":"Proclamation to the Army of the Land","author":"Napoléon Bonaparte","tradition":"european","language":"fr","genre":"proclamations","period":"1798","source_url":"https://archive.org/details/correspondancede04napouoft","original":{"text":"### 2710. Proclamation to the Army of the Land (June 1798)\n\n2710.\n\nANNEXE A LA PIÈCE N° 2708.\n\nPROCLAMATION A L’ARMÉE DE TERRE.\n\nQuartier général, à bord de l’Orient, 4 messidor an VI (22 juin 1798).\n\nSoldats!\n\nVous allez entreprendre une conquête dont les effets sur la civilisation et le commerce du monde sont incalculables.\n\nVous porterez à l’Angleterre le coup le plus sûr et le plus sensible, en attendant que vous puissiez lui donner le coup de mort.\n\nNous ferons quelques marches fatigantes; nous livrerons plusieurs combats; nous réussirons dans toutes nos entreprises; les destins sont pour nous.\n\nLes beys mameluks, qui favorisent exclusivement le commerce anglais, qui ont couvert d’avanies nos négociants et tyrannisent les malheureux habitants du Nil, quelques jours après notre arrivée n’existeront plus.\n\nLes peuples avec lesquels nous allons vivre sont mahométans; leur premier article de foi est celui-ci: « Il n’y a pas d’autre Dieu que Dieu, et Mahomet est son prophète. »\n\nNe les contredisez pas; agissez avec eux comme nous avons agi avec les juifs, avec les Italiens; ayez des égards pour leurs muftis et leurs imams, comme vous en avez eu pour les rabbins et les évêques.\n\nAyez pour les cérémonies que prescrit l’Alcoran, pour les mosquées, la même tolérance que vous avez eue pour les couvents, pour les synagogues, pour la religion de Moïse et de Jésus-Christ.\n\nLes légions romaines protégeaient toutes les religions. Vous trouverez ici des usages différents de ceux de l’Europe: il faut vous y accoutumer.\n\nLes peuples chez lesquels nous allons traitent les femmes différemment que nous; mais, dans tous les pays, celui qui viole est un monstre.\n\nLe pillage n’enrichit qu’un petit nombre d’hommes; il nous déshonore, il détruit nos ressources, il nous rend ennemis les peuples qu’il est de notre intérêt d’avoir pour amis.\n\nLa première ville que nous allons rencontrer a été bâtie par Alexandre. Nous trouverons à chaque pas des souvenirs dignes d’exciter l’émulation des Français.\n\nBONAPARTE.","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/napoleon-army-of-the-land-1798/original.txt"},"translations":[{"id":"trn_napoleon_army_of_the_land_1798_mouseia","translator":"Mouseia","kind":"curated","note":"Machine-assisted Musean translation directly from the French transcript; source-language model review covered the earlier corpus, with later changes separately checked as documented in corpus/raw/napoleon-proclamations/source-language-review.md.","text":"### 2710. Proclamation to the Army of the Land (June 1798)\n\n2710.\n\nANNEX TO ITEM NO. 2708.\n\nPROCLAMATION TO THE ARMY OF THE LAND.\n\nHeadquarters, aboard the Orient, 4 Messidor, Year VI (June 22, 1798).\n\nSoldiers!\n\nYou are about to undertake a conquest whose effects on the civilization and commerce of the world are incalculable.\n\nYou will strike England the surest and most telling blow, until you are able to deliver the deathblow.\n\nWe shall make some tiring marches; we shall fight several battles; we shall succeed in all our undertakings; the fates are on our side.\n\nThe Mamluk beys, who favor English commerce exclusively, who have subjected our merchants to indignities and tyrannize the unfortunate inhabitants of the Nile, will be no more a few days after our arrival.\n\nThe peoples among whom we are going to live are Muslims; their first article of faith is this: “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his prophet.”\n\nDo not contradict them; act toward them as we have acted toward the Jews and the Italians; show the same regard for their muftis and imams as you have shown for the rabbis and bishops.\n\nShow the ceremonies prescribed by the Quran and the mosques the same tolerance you have shown to the convents, the synagogues, and the religion of Moses and Jesus Christ.\n\nThe Roman legions protected all religions. You will find customs here different from those of Europe: you must grow accustomed to them.\n\nThe peoples among whom we are going treat women differently from the way we do; but in every country, a man who rapes is a monster.\n\nPillage enriches only a small number of men; it dishonors us, destroys our resources, and makes enemies of peoples whom it is in our interest to have as friends.\n\nThe first city we shall encounter was built by Alexander. At every step we shall find reminders worthy of inspiring the emulation of the French.\n\nBONAPARTE.","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/napoleon-army-of-the-land-1798/translations/trn_napoleon_army_of_the_land_1798_mouseia.txt"},{"id":"trn_napoleon_army_of_the_land_1798_plain","translator":"Mouseia","kind":"plain","note":"Independently produced machine-assisted Plain translation directly from the same French transcript; source-language model review covered the earlier corpus as documented in corpus/raw/napoleon-proclamations/source-language-review.md.","text":"### 2710. Proclamation to the Army of the Land (June 1798)\n\nAppendix to item no. 2708.\n\nProclamation to the land army.\n\nHeadquarters on board the Orient, 4 Messidor, year VI (June 22, 1798).\n\nSoldiers!\n\nYou are about to set out on a conquest whose effects on civilization and trade around the world cannot be measured.\n\nYou will strike England in the surest and most painful way, until you can deal it a fatal blow.\n\nWe will make some tiring marches and fight several battles. We will succeed in everything we undertake. Fate is on our side.\n\nThe Mamluk beys favor English trade alone. They have subjected our merchants to abuse and tyrannize the unfortunate people of the Nile. A few days after we arrive, they will be no more.\n\nWe are going to live among Muslims. Their first article of faith is: “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet.”\n\nDo not contradict them. Treat them as we treated the Jews and the Italians. Show respect for their muftis and imams, as you did for the rabbis and bishops.\n\nBe as tolerant of mosques and the ceremonies prescribed by the Quran as you were of convents, synagogues, and the religion of Moses and Jesus Christ.\n\nThe Roman legions protected every religion. Here you will find customs different from those of Europe. You must get used to them.\n\nThe peoples whose lands we are entering treat women differently than we do. But in every country, anyone who rapes is a monster.\n\nLooting makes only a few men rich. It brings us dishonor, destroys our resources, and turns the peoples it is in our interest to have as friends into our enemies.\n\nThe first city we will come to was built by Alexander. At every step we will find reminders worthy of stirring the French to emulation.\n\nBonaparte.","download_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/napoleon-army-of-the-land-1798/translations/trn_napoleon_army_of_the_land_1798_plain.txt"}],"retex_markdown_url":"https://mouseia.org/api/works/napoleon-army-of-the-land-1798/retex.md"}}