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French campaign in Egypt and Syria

July 1, 1798 – September 2, 1801 · Cairo

Part of French Revolutionary Wars

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Bonaparte's expedition took Egypt from the Mamluks and marched into Syria, but failed at Acre; after he left, a British and Ottoman army forced the French garrisons of Cairo and Alexandria to surrender in 1801.

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Coalition

Regency of Algiers
Great Britain
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
Gordon Drummond military commander Selim III military commander Muhammad Ali of Egypt military commander Jezzar Pasha military commander Murad Bey military commander Ibrahim Bey military commander Haim Farhi military commander Ralph Abercromby military commander
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John Moore military commander George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie military commander John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore military commander Horatio Nelson military commander Sidney Smith military commander

France

France
Eugène de Beauharnais military commander Louis André Bon military commander François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Louis Desaix military commander Géraud Duroc military commander Jean-Andoche Junot military commander Jean Baptiste Kléber military commander
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Jean Lannes military commander Jacques-François Menou military commander Joachim Murat military commander Jean Reynier military commander Pierre-Charles Villeneuve military commander

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