Battle of Al Khankah | |||||||
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Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
French Campaign in Egypt | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Supported by: United Kingdom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Augustin Daniel Belliard |
Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha Tahir Pasha Muhammad Ali Pahsa | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,600 infantry 900 cavalry 24 cannons | 9,500 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
350 killed and wounded | 150 killed and wounded |
The battle of Al Khankah was a military engagement between the Ottomans and the French army that took place near Cairo. The Ottomans successfully defeated the French, marking the beginning of the end of the French occupation of Egypt.