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
Date21 March 1801
Location31°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)
United Kingdom John Hely-Hutchinson
United Kingdom John Moore (WIA)
United Kingdom Eyre Coote
United Kingdom John Doyle
United Kingdom John Stuart
United Kingdom 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]
Battle of Alexandria (1801) is located in Mediterranean
Battle of Alexandria (1801)
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]

  1. ^ Divall 2018, p. 98.
  2. ^ a b Hawks 1865, p. 5.
  3. ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 360.
  4. ^ Tucker 2010, p. 1028.
  5. ^ Divall 2018, pp. 91–92.
  6. ^ a b Clodfelter 2008, p. 112.
  7. ^ Divall 2018, p. 97.
  8. ^ Mackesy 1995.