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Expedition to Egypt

Egyptian Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798
Baron Antoine-Jean Gros-Battle Pyramids 1810.jpg
Battle of the Pyramids
Date 1 July 1798 – 2 September 1801
(3 years, 2 months and 1 day)
Location Egypt, Levant
Result

Ottoman-British victory

  • French conquest of Egypt and end of Mameluke rule
  • Failure of French expedition to Syria
  • Capitulation of French administration in Egypt
Belligerents

Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire

 Great Britain
 France
Commanders and leaders

Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Selim III
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Mustafa Pasha
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Jezzar Pasha
Murad Bey
Ibrahim Bey
Kingdom of Great Britain William Sidney Smith
Kingdom of Great Britain Ralph Abercrombie (DOW)

Kingdom of Great Britain Horatio Nelson

France Napoleon Bonaparte
France Jean Baptiste Kléber 
France Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

France Jacques-Francois Menou Surrendered
Strength

Ottoman Empire: 220,000

  • Army of Egypt: 80,000
  • Army of Rhodes: 20,000
  • Army of Syria: 20,000
  • Army of the East: 30,000
  • 2nd invasion of Egypt: 60,000
Great Britain: 30,000
40,000+ men (land)
Casualties and losses
50,000 killed or wounded
15,000 prisoners
15,000 killed or wounded
8,500 prisoners

Ottoman-British victory

Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Ottoman Empire

Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Selim III
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Mustafa Pasha
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.svg Jezzar Pasha
Murad Bey
Ibrahim Bey
Kingdom of Great Britain William Sidney Smith
Kingdom of Great Britain Ralph Abercrombie (DOW)


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