One in two Egyptian conscripts deserted during the Syrian campaign.
Evidence
Six years into the campaign, however, Mehmed Ali received a report which was most alarming regarding deserters. It said that as many as 60,000 men had gone missing from the army in addition to 20,000 from the navy! Bearing in mind that the army could not have been larger than 130,000, this means that for every two conscripts, one soldier managed to desert. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1306 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Roughly one in three Egyptian conscripts deserted Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.93)
- Roughly one in two conscripts deserted Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.92)
- Desertion rates fluctuated between ten and twenty-five percent of Egyptian regiments (similarity 0.84)
- Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation (similarity 0.79)
- Desertion and death wasted roughly a third of Middle Province conscripts. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- One in three soldiers deserted from Mehmed Ali’s army during the Syrian campaign
#contradicts(0.85) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1306