Battle of the Nile

When

1 Aug 1798

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.33° N, 30.12° E

Description

1798 naval battle during the French invasion of Egypt

Naval

yes

1798 battle of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria

The Battle of the Nile was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in Egypt between 1 and 3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, which had started three months earlier after a large French fleet sailed from Toulon to Alexandria carrying an expeditionary force under Napoleon.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Nile (near Abu Qir): Lord Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der britische Admiral Horatio Nelson vernichtet die die vom Comte Brueys kommandierte französische Flotte in der Seeschlacht bei Abukir im Nildelta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1er août (Ther VI) : la flotte française d'Égypte de Brueys d'Aigailliers est anéantie par les Britanniques de Nelson à la bataille d'Aboukir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “尼羅河河口海戰，英國取得決定性勝利，將拿破崙的軍隊困在埃及。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ナイルの海戦（アブキール湾の戦い）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page