Second Siege of El Arish

Second Siege of El Arish
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars

French Campaign in Egypt
Date23 December 1799
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic 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.