Army of the Orient

Army · France · May 19, 1798 – September 2, 1801

Bonaparte's army for the invasion of Egypt and Syria, left under Kléber and then Menou until it capitulated in 1801.

May 19, 1798 Sails from Toulon · map
June 11, 1798 Takes Malta · map
July 1, 1798 Lands at Alexandria · map
July 21, 1798 Beats the Mamluks (Battle of the Pyramids) · map
July 24, 1798 – February 9, 1799 Enters Cairo · map
March 7, 1799 Takes Jaffa · map
March 20, 1799 – May 21, 1799 Besieges Acre (Siege of Acre (1799)) · map
June 14, 1799 – July 14, 1799 Back in Cairo · map
July 25, 1799 Destroys the Ottoman landing (Battle of Abukir (1799)) · map
August 1, 1799 – March 20, 1801 Holds Egypt from Cairo; Bonaparte leaves for France · map
March 21, 1801 Menou attacks the British (Battle of Alexandria (1801)) · map
March 22, 1801 – September 2, 1801 Besieged in Alexandria; capitulates · map