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  2. File:Map Battle of the Nile 1798-ru.svg - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. File:Map Battle of the Nile 1798-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Map of ship positions and movements during the Battle of the Nile, August 1-2, 1798. British ships are red, French ships are blue. British ships are red, French ships are blue. Intermediate ship positions are shown in pale red/blue.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. The Battle of Aboukir - Wikipedia

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    In early August of 1798, French ships in the Bay of Aboukir were destroyed by Horatio Nelson and his fleet of British ships, which significantly diminished the access of French troops to Europe. [3] In mid-July 1799, the British sent a fleet of Ottoman forces to Aboukir carrying around fifteen thousand men. [4]

  7. HMS Aboukir - Wikipedia

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    HMS Aboukir (1798) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, formerly the French ship Aquilon captured at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and broken up in 1802. HMS Aboukir (1807) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1807, on harbour service from 1824 and sold in 1838. HMS Aboukir (1848) was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line ...

  8. Battle of Abukir - Wikipedia

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    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

  9. 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 ...