Transport vessels for the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801)
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Transport vessels for the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801)
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For the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801) the British government hired a number of transport vessels.
The transports supported Major-General Sir David Baird's expedition in 1801 to the Red Sea. Baird was in command of the Indian army that was going to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the French there. Baird landed at Kosseir, on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea. He then led his troops army across the desert to Kena on the Nile, and then to Cairo. He arrived in time for the bat
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