Battle of Alexandria (1801)

The Battle of Alexandria, or Battle of Canope, was fought on 21 March 1801 between the army of Napoleon's French First Republic under General Jacques-François Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercromby. The battle took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria after the actions of Abukir on 8 March and Mandora on 13 March. The fighting was part of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria against the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1798.

For the British siege of the city later the same year, see Siege of Alexandria (1801). For other battles and sieges of Alexandria, see Battle of Alexandria (disambiguation).

Battle of Alexandria
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition

The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801, Philip James de Loutherbourg
Date21 March 1801
Location
Alexandria, Egypt, Ottoman Empire
31.22°N 29.95°E / 31.22; 29.95
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom France
Commanders and leaders
Ralph Abercromby (DOW)
John Hely-Hutchinson
John Moore (WIA)
Eyre Coote
John Doyle
John Stuart
Sidney Smith (WIA)		 Jacques Menou
François Lanusse †
Jean Reynier
Antoine-Guillaume Rampon
César Antoine Roize †
Strength
12,000-14,200 10,000-6,000
Casualties and losses
1,500 1,700-5,000
Location within Mediterranean
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