Principles of the public press

Egypt did not know "the press" except through the newspapers issued by the French campaign, and it was natural for "Bonaparte" to think of issuing a newspaper for members of his armies in Egypt, through which they could receive news from France when they were far away, just as they used to know it when they were close, during what Bonaparte himself had previously ordered to be created for them while they were fighting with him in Italy.. It was also natural for Bonaparte - who had brought a...