✦ History

French campaign in Egypt and Syria

July 1, 1798 – September 2, 1801

Result Anglo-Ottoman victory

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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Battles and events 15

July 2, 1798
Capture of Alexandria (1798) French victory Alexandria Napoleon, Jean Baptiste Kléber
July 13, 1798
Battle of Shubra Khit French victory Shubra Khit Napoleon, Murad Bey, Jean-Baptiste Perrée
July 21, 1798
Battle of the Pyramids French victory Battle of the Pyramids Napoleon, Louis André Bon, Murad Bey
August 1–3, 1798
Battle of the Nile British victory Aboukir Bay, Egypt Horatio Nelson, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
October 21–22, 1798
Revolt of Cairo Cairo
February 8–19, 1799
Siege of El Arish French victory Arish Napoleon, Jean Baptiste Kléber, Jean Reynier
March 3–7, 1799
Siege of Jaffa French victory Jaffa Napoleon, Jezzar Pasha, Jean Baptiste Kléber
March 20 – May 21, 1799
Siege of Acre (1799) Anglo-Ottoman victory Siege of Acre (1799) Napoleon, Jezzar Pasha, Haim Farhi
April 16, 1799
Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) French victory Mount Tabor Napoleon, Jean Baptiste Kléber
July 25, 1799
Battle of Abukir (1799) French victory Battle of Abukir (1799) Napoleon, Joachim Murat, Jean Lannes
March 20, 1800
Battle of Heliopolis (1800) French victory Heliopolis Ibrahim Bey, Jean Baptiste Kléber
March 8, 1801
Battle of Abukir (1801) British victory Abu Qir Sidney Smith, Ralph Abercromby
March 21, 1801
Battle of Alexandria (1801) British victory Battle of Alexandria (1801) Sidney Smith, John Moore, Ralph Abercromby
May 9–10, 1801
Siege of El Rahmaniya Anglo-Ottoman victory Rahmaniya John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, Küçük Hüseyin Pasha
May 16, 1801
Battle of Al Khankah Ottoman victory Al Khankah Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha

Key commanders

Coalition 15

Horatio Nelson Rear-Admiral, Commanded the British fleet Murad Bey military commander Ibrahim Bey military commander Jezzar Pasha military commander Haim Farhi military commander Sidney Smith military commander John Moore military commander Ralph Abercromby military commander John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore military commander Selim III belligerent leader Muhammad Ali of Egypt military commander George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie military commander Gordon Drummond military commander Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha military commander Küçük Hüseyin Pasha military commander

France 18

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers Vice-Admiral, Commanded the French fleet; killed Napoleon military commander Louis André Bon military commander Louis Desaix military commander Jean Reynier military commander Jean Baptiste Kléber military commander Eugène de Beauharnais military commander Joachim Murat military commander Jean Lannes military commander Géraud Duroc military commander Jacques-François Menou military commander François Lanusse military commander Pierre-Charles Villeneuve military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout military commander Jean-Andoche Junot military commander Louis Bonaparte military commander Jean-Baptiste Bessières military commander Jean-Baptiste Perrée military commander