 Complete the following phrase:  On 23 September 1793 Carrière was appointed aide-de-camp to General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas also a former trooper in the 6th Dragoons and served with him in the Army of the West putting down the revolt in the Vendée until 1796. He was appointed deputy to the General Staff of the Army of Italy on 22 September 1796, and made a captain on 5 October the same year. Acting once more as Dumas aide-de-camp, he took part in the French invasion of Egypt, following him to the province of Giza and helping to chase out the Arabs. His conduct at the 