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In the Battle of Abukir (or Aboukir or Abu Qir) [2] Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign in Egypt. [6] 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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The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy and the French Republic Navy at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt between 1–3 August 1798.
English: Map of ship positions and movements during the Battle of Aboukir Bay, August 1-2, 1798. British ships are red, French ships are blue. Intermediate ship positions are shown in pale red/blue. Based on a map from Intelligence in War, John Keegan, 2003, ISBN 0091802296
On August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the naval "Battle of the Nile", often referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay". (Not to be confused with the Battle of Abukir (1799) and the Battle of Abukir (1801).) On 1 March 1801, some 70 British warships, together with transports carrying 16,000 troops, anchored in Aboukir Bay near Alexandria.
Bataille d'Aboukir, 27 juillet 1799 (French for 'Battle of Aboukir, 27 July 1799') [1] is an 1804 history painting by the French artist Louis-François Lejeune. [2] It depicts the Battle of Abukir fought on 25 July 1799 during the French invasion of Egypt .
Battle of the Nile or Battle of Abukir Bay (1798) The Battle of Aboukir (Lejeune) , an 1804 painting by Louis-François Lejeune The Battle of Aboukir , an 1806 painting by Antoine-Jean Gros
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