Battle of Abukir (1801)
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For other battles with similar names, see Battle of Abukir (disambiguation).
| Battle of Abukir | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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 Britain |
 France |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ralph Abercromby | Louis Friant | ||||||
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| 5,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
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| 1,100 dead or wounded | |||||||
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The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was the second battle of the Egyptian campaign in the French Revolutionary Wars, to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile delta. A British army of 5,000 led by General Ralph Abercromby landed along the beach to dislodge an entrenched French detachment of 2,000 under General Louis Friant. They did so, but not before 1,100 British troops were lost.
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