Napoleon was in Egypt fighting the Egyptian armies, which were led by Murat Bey, and which he defeated.

His victory not only struck terror to the Egyptians, but far into Africa and Asia, and all the surrounding tribes submitted to the great conqueror.
While he was doing this, the British in the north, under the leadership of Lord Nelson, were making an effective attack upon Napoleon's forces at sea.

Napoleon began this Egyptian campaign in 1798, finished it and returned to France on October 1, 1799.

The campaign is briefly, yet graphically, described in the prophecy, verses 40 to 44; and being completed in 1799, marks, according to the Prophet's own words, the beginning of the "time of the end".
[396]From the time of the overthrow of Zedekiah (606 B.C.) and the establishment of the gentile universal empire under Nebuchadnezzar, the organizations of the world powers or governments have been designated in the Scriptures by God's Prophet as "beasts".

The prophet Daniel (7:7,8) describes "a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible".