Battle of Abukir (1799)
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battle-of-abukir-1799-185-13373929
title:
Battle of Abukir (1799)
text:
In the Battle of Abukir Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign in Egypt. 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. No sooner had the French forces returned from a campaign to Syria, than the Ottoman forces were transported to Egypt by Sidney Smith's British fleet to put an end to French rule in Egypt. Seid Mustafa Pasha was an exper
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Battle during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Abukir_(1799)
date created:
2005-05-27T21:04:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:41:54Z
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