At one in the morning, the drummers beat the call to arms. Thousands of men shuffled and cursed to get into formation in the inky darkness. Again we were ordered to march in square, a sure sign that the General expected a battle.   We marched through fields on the right bank of the Nile in echelon. Vial’s division marched beside the banks of the Nile. To their left was Bon’s division. We anchored the center of the line and to our right, Reynier and Desaix anchored the flank.   At four in the