Battle of Heliopolis (1800)
The Battle of Heliopolis was an engagement that pitted the French Armée d'Orient under General Kléber against an Ottoman army, supported by British forces, at Heliopolis on 20 March 1800.
| Battle of Heliopolis | |||||||
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| Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
Bataille d'Héliopolis, by Leon Cogniet | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic |
Ottoman Empire Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jean-Baptiste Kléber Jean Reynier Louis Friant Augustin Daniel Belliard François-Xavier Donzelot Pierre Leclerc d'Ostein Joseph Lagrange Antoine Joseph Robin |
Nassif Pasha Ibrahim Bey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 men | 60,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 600 dead or wounded | 9,000 dead, wounded or captured | ||||||
Location within Mediterranean Battle of Heliopolis (1800) (Earth) | |||||||
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