First Battle of Abukir

When

25 Jul 1799

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.32° N, 30.07° E

Description

1799 first battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir

1799 battle of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria

The Battle of Abukir was fought on 25 July 1799 between the French Army of the Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. It is considered the first pitched battle with this name, as there already had been a naval battle on 1 August 1798, the Battle of the Nile.

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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 Abukir: French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat 20,000 Ottoman Mamluk troops under Mustafa Pasha at Abukir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleon Bonaparte besiegt eine osmanische Streitmacht in der Schlacht von Abukir in Ägypten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille d'Aboukir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page