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The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza visible nearly nine miles away.
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
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It depicts a scene from the Revolt of Cairo that took place on 21 October 1798 during the French Invasion of Egypt under General Napoleon Bonaparte.An uprising by the inhabitants of French-occupied Cairo was ultimately suppressed after two days of fighting.
1–3 August 1798 Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) Egypt and Syria French First Republic Great Britain: British [note 1] key victory 11 August 1798 Battle of Salahieh: Egypt and Syria French First Republic Ottoman Empire • Mamluks: French victory 12 / 23 October 1798 Battle of Nicopolis (Battle of Preveza) Greece French First Republic
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.
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 ...
The Battle of Shubra Khit, also known as the Battle of Chobrakit, and known among the French as Combat de Chébreïss was among the first major engagement of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt that took place on 13 July 1798.