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The Capture of Alexandria was the first operation on Egyptian soil during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. On 2 July 1798, the French army landed and took the city of Alexandria from the hands of the Janissaries .
After his defeat at the Pyramids, Mourad Bey retreated to Upper Egypt. On 25 August 1798, General Desaix embarked at the head of his division on a flotilla and sailed up the Nile. [31] On 31 August, Desaix arrived at Beni Suef where he began to encounter supply problems, [32] then he went up the Nile to Behneseh and progressed towards Minya.
Articles relating to the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801). ... Pages in category "French invasion of Egypt and Syria" ... Capitulation of Alexandria ...
The action of 27 June 1798 was a minor naval engagement between British and French frigates in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.The engagement formed part of a wider campaign, in which a major French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria at the start of the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.
Battle of Alexandria (1798), fought between French and Mamluk forces during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt; Battle of Alexandria (1801), 21 March, a major battle fought between British and French forces during the French Revolutionary War; Siege of Alexandria (1801), 17 August – 2 September, the subsequent British siege of the city and ...
Alexandria figured prominently in the military operations of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798. French troops stormed the city on July 2, 1798 and it remained in their hands until the British victory at the Battle of Alexandria on March 21, 1801, following which the British besieged the city which fell to them on 2 September 1801.
In 1798, Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly capturing and occupying Alexandria and Cairo. However, in October of that year, discontent against the French led to an uprising by the people of Cairo.
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.