Battle of Abukir (1801)
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.
| Battle of Abukir | |||||||
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| Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
The landing of British troops at Aboukir, 8 March 1801 by Philip James de Loutherbourg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Kingdom | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ralph Abercromby Sidney Smith | Louis Friant | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 | 1,800-2,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 740 killed, wounded, or missing | 400 killed, wounded, or missing | ||||||
Location within Mediterranean | |||||||
The landing of the British expeditionary force under Sir Ralph Abercromby was intended to defeat or drive out an estimated 21,000 remaining troops of Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt. The fleet commanded by Baron Keith included seven ships of the line, five frigates and a dozen armed corvettes. With the troop transports, it was delayed in the bay for several days by strong gales and heavy seas before disembarkation could proceed.
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