Siege of Cairo
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siege-of-cairo-216-4025494
title:
Siege of Cairo
text:
The siege of Cairo, also known as the Cairo campaign, was a siege that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French and British with Ottoman forces and was the penultimate action of the Egyptian Campaign. British commander John Hely-Hutchinson advanced to Cairo, where he arrived after a few skirmishes in mid June. Joined by a sizeable Ottoman force Hutchinson invested Cairo and on 27 June the surrounded 13,000-strong French garrison under General Augustin Daniel Belliard, out-
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1801 siege during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cairo
date created:
2016-04-06T17:14:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T22:10:54Z
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