No Frenchman was secure of his life who happened to stray half a mile from any inhabited place, or the corps to which he belonged.

The hostility which prevailed against us and the discontent of the army were clearly developed in the numerous letters which were written to France at the time, and intercepted.
The gloomy reflections which at first assailed Bonaparte, were speedily banished; and he soon recovered the fortitude and presence of mind which had been for a moment shaken by the overwhelming news from Aboukir.
He, however, sometimes repeated, in a tone which it would be difficult to describe, "Unfortunate Brueys, what have you done!" I have remarked that in some chance observations which escaped Napoleon at St.Helena he endeavoured to throw all the blame of the affair on Admiral Brueys.

Persons who are determined to make Bonaparte an exception to human nature have unjustly reproached the Admiral for the loss of the fleet..