Battle of Heliopolis (1800)

Battle of Heliopolis
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition

Bataille d'Héliopolis, by Leon Cogniet
Date20 March 1800
Location30°10′N 31°20′E / 30.167°N 31.333°E / 30.167; 31.333
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic French Republic Ottoman Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Jean-Baptiste Kléber
French First Republic Jean Reynier
French First Republic Louis Friant
French First Republic Augustin Daniel Belliard
French First Republic François-Xavier Donzelot
French First Republic Pierre Leclerc d'Ostein
French First Republic Joseph Lagrange
French First Republic Antoine Joseph Robin
French First Republic Murad Bey
Nassif Pasha
Ibrahim Bey
Strength
10,000 including 300 Mamluks[1] 60,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
600 dead or wounded 9,000 dead, wounded or captured
Battle of Heliopolis (1800) is located in Mediterranean
Battle of Heliopolis (1800)
Location within Mediterranean
Battle of Heliopolis (1800) is located in Earth
Battle of Heliopolis (1800)
Battle of Heliopolis (1800) (Earth)

The Battle of Heliopolis was an engagement that pitted the French Armée d'Orient under the command of General Jean-Baptiste Kléber against an Ottoman army at Heliopolis on 20 March 1800. The French were victorious, inflicting over 9,000 casualties on the Ottomans while suffering only 600 killed or wounded.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Tucker 2009, p. 1021.
  2. ^ Charles River, ed. (2018). Napoleon in Egypt: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria. ISBN 978-1718863620.