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2. Battle of the Nile - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Abu Qir Bay - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Action of 18 August 1798 - Wikipedia

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   Commodor Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille, portrait by Antoine Maurin.. After fleeing Aboukir Bay, Admiral Villeneuve had been delayed in the Eastern Mediterranean by northeasterly winds, and on 17 August he decided to split his forces, sailing for Malta with his flagship Guillaume Tell and the two frigates while Captain Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille on Généreux was ordered to the French possession ...

5. HMS Swiftsure (1787) - Wikipedia

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   Hallowell was still in command of Swiftsure in 1798, when he was ordered to join Horatio Nelson's squadron, watching the French fleet at Toulon. After the French escaped and captured Malta in June, and invaded Egypt in July, Nelson and his fleet pursued them, eventually locating them anchored in Aboukir Bay on 1 August. [5]

6. French ship Orient (1791) - Wikipedia

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   August 1798: Renamed: Sans-Culotte September 1792; Orient May 1795; Fate: Destroyed by explosion at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798: General characteristics; Class and type: Océan-class ship of the line: Displacement: 5,095 tonnes: Length: 65.18 m (213 ft 10 in) (196.6 French feet) Beam: 16.24 m (53 ft 3 in) (50 French feet) Draught

7. French invasion of Egypt and Syria - Wikipedia

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   1 and 2 August (14–15 Thermidor year VI) – Battle of the Nile, British naval victory over French squadron anchored in Aboukir Bay; 10 August – Battle at Salheyeh, French victory; 7 October – Battle of Sédiman, French victory; 21 October (30 Vendémiaire) – Cairo Revolt; 1799 11–19 February – Siege of El Arish, French victory

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9. Mediterranean campaign of 1798 - Wikipedia

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   The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Republic sought to capture Egypt as the first stage in an effort to threaten British India and support Tipu Sultan , and thus force Great ...