Battle of Mandora | |||||||
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Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Mandora, a waterclour by Richard Simkin (1850–1926). | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | French Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ralph Abercromby | François Lanusse | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
13,000[1] | 7,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
185 killed 1,136 wounded 1 missing[1] | 700[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Mandora was a minor battle fought on 13 March 1801 between French forces under François Lanusse and the British expeditionary corps under Ralph Abercromby, during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.