Egyptian Expedition 1798–1801

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A fleet in a shoal bay. Not a portrait.

Overview

The Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview already states the expedition. Bonaparte sailed from Toulon on 19 May 1798 with 35,000 troops and a fleet of 13 ships of the line, headed for Egypt to threaten Britain’s route to India.¹

The Expedition

This note covers that expedition as already on the Nile note. A Bonaparte biography, Malta as a place note, and 1801 land operations stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Nelson missed the French at Toulon, Malta, and Alexandria, then found the fleet in Aboukir Bay — Egypt on 1 August 1798. The Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview destroyed it. The army was stranded. Bonaparte slipped back to France in August 1799 aboard the frigate Muiron, abandoning his troops. The victory triggered the Second Coalition 1798–1802.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 281–320
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Conflicts
• Campaigns_Wars_Index

Same Campaign

• Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview
• Aboukir Bay — Egypt
• L’Orient — French 120-gun Flagship
• Brueys d’Aigalliers François-Paul — French Admiral
• Second Coalition 1798–1802

Cross-Domain

• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. Toulon 19 May 1798; 35,000 troops; 13 ships of the line; route to India: Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. ↩

2. Missed at Toulon, Malta, Alexandria; stranded army; Muiron August 1799; Second Coalition: same battle note. Do not add a Bonaparte biography or Hamilton. ↩