 At Cairo the army found the rest and supplies it needed to recover, but its stay there could not be a long one.Bonaparte had been informed that Murad Bey had evaded the pursuit by generals Desaix, Belliard, Donzelot and Davout and was descending on Upper Egypt.Bonaparte thus marched to attack him at Giza, also learning that 100 Ottoman ships were off Aboukir, threatening Alexandria.