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  2. Battle of the Pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Pyramids (French: Bataille des Pyramides), also known as the Battle of Embabeh (bataille d'Embabech), was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Imbaba, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. French invasion of Egypt and Syria - Wikipedia

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    Battle at Nazareth (April 1799) by Gros General Murat at the battle of Abukir (July 1799), where thousands of Ottoman soldiers drowned in the Nile The Battle of Heliopolis by Léon Cogniet. The battle was fought in March 1800. 1798 19 May (30 Floréal year VI) – Departure from Toulon; 11 June (23 Prairial year VI) – Capture of Malta

  5. Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798 (study) - Wikipedia

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    The battle, fought on 21 July 1798, resulted in the near-destruction of the Mamluk army and the surrender of Cairo to the French. The victory caused elation in France, compounding the interest in Egypt (often referred to as first wave of " Egyptomania " [ 1 ] ) that Napoleon's campaign in Egypt had already generated.

  6. Category:French invasion of Egypt and Syria - Wikipedia

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    About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Articles relating to the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801). ... (1798) order of battle; Attarine Mosque; B.

  7. List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation). It includes the battles of: It includes the battles of: the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (July 1799 – September 1801); [ 1 ]

  8. 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. The battle was the climax of a naval campaign that had raged ...

  9. Revolt of Cairo - Wikipedia

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    The French army's situation was critical – the British were threatening French control of Egypt after their victory at the Battle of the Nile, Murad Bey and his army were still in the field in Upper Egypt, and the generals Menou and Dugua were only just able to maintain control of Lower Egypt. The Egyptian peasants had common cause with those ...