The boats ferried men and material back and forth all night until about four thousand of us were on the beach. Most of the men were from Kléber’s, Menou’s, and Bon’s division. Desaix had still not landed, and Reynier was on the beach, but with only a hundred or so men.   At 2 a.m., Colonel Mallot called over the lieutenants and captains who had managed to get ashore. Looking around at the group of officers, I saw that no more than a third of the unit had landed.   “Gentlemen,” he said. “We’ll[image error]