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Battle of Abukir (1799)

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Battle of Abukir (1799)

The Battle of Abukir (or Aboukir) was a battle which Napoleon Bonaparte's defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799 during the French campaign in Egypt.[5] No sooner had the French forces returned from a campaign to Syria, the Ottoman forces was transported to Egypt by Sidney Smith's British fleet to put an end to French rule in Egypt.[5][6]

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