On May 5, 1802, two of Napoleon‘s generals entered into a pistol duel to the death over perceived insults between them.
Digging Deeper
Back in early 1801, the French soldiers that had remained in Egypt after Napoleon's failed expedition there were trying their best to prevent an English army from pushing them out of the country.
The French commander-in-chief, General Menou, had only gotten the job after the previous commander General Kléber had been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic. More of an administrator and less of a battlefield commander, Menou was in over his head.
