Battle of Alexandria (1801)

Battle of Alexandria
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition
The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801, Philip James de Loutherbourg
Date 21 March 1801 Location Alexandria, Egypt, Ottoman Empire 31°13′N 29°57′E / 31.22°N 29.95°E / 31.22; 29.95 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	France
Commanders and leaders
Ralph Abercromby (DOW) John Hely-Hutchinson John Moore (WIA) Eyre Coote John Doyle John Stuart Sidney Smith (WIA)	Jacques Menou François Lanusse † Jean Reynier Antoine-Guillaume Rampon César Antoine Roize [fr] †
Strength
12,000[1]–14,200[2][3]	10,000[3]–16,000[4][5]
Casualties and losses
1,500[6][3]	1,700[2]–5,000[3][6][7]
class=notpageimage| Location within Mediterranean

The Battle of Alexandria, or Battle of Canope, was fought on 21 March 1801 between the army of Napoleon's French First Republic under General Jacques-François Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercromby. The battle took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria after the actions of Abukir on 8 March and Mandora on 13 March. The fighting was part of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria against the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1798.^[8]