Second Siege of El Arish | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Louis-Joseph Elisabeth Cazals | Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 men | 14,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Most were killed | Unknown |
The siege of El Arish was a military engagement between the French garrison and the Ottoman army. The Ottomans attacked and invested in the fort, massacring the French garrison.