Battle of Alexandria

Когда

21 мар. 1801 г.

Вид

Сражение

Координаты

31.22° N, 29.95° E

Description

1801 battle during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria

Battle of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria

The Battle of Alexandria was fought on 21 March 1801, where the British army and naval forces repelled an assault by the French army as part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. Led by General Sir Ralph Abercromby, the British entrenched army engaged a French force under Divisional-general Jacques-François Menou near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the Mediterranean Sea and Abukir.

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