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Battle of Abukir (1799)

July 25, 1799 · Battle of Abukir (1799)

Result French victory

Bonaparte destroyed an Ottoman army landed at Abukir, his last battle in Egypt.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Coalition

France

Ottoman Empire

Great Britain

Napoleon military commander

Joachim Murat military commander

Jean Lannes military commander

Géraud Duroc military commander

Jacques-François Menou military commander

François Lanusse military commander

Sidney Smith military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 6,000
Casualties: c. 1,100

Strength: c. 18,000
Casualties: c. 12,000
Killed: 2,000
Captured: 5,000
Missing: 2,000
Guns: c. 30

Units

Army of the Orient