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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. Battle of the Nile order of battle - Wikipedia

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   Battle of the Nile, Augt 1st 1798, painted by Thomas Whitcombe in 1816. The Battle of the Nile was a significant naval action fought from 1 to 3 August 1798. The battle took place in Aboukir Bay, near the mouth of the River Nile on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, and pitted a British fleet of the Royal Navy against a fleet of the French Navy.

4. 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.

5. Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca - Wikipedia

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   During the Battle of the Nile of 1 August 1798, where Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet in Aboukir Bay, Casabianca fought until his death. During the course of battle, he ordered Giocante, his 10-year-old son who accompanied him, to remain in a section of the ship until he called for him.

6. 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

7. 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]

8. Battle of Abukir (1801) - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was the second pitched battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile Delta.

9. Battle of Abukir (1799) - Wikipedia

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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. (A second pitched battle followed ...