Battle of the Nile (1798)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Nile_(1798)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Aboukir_Bay
gptkbp:casualties British: 218 killed, 677 wounded
French: over 1,700 killed, 3,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Horatio_Nelson
gptkb:François-Paul_Brueys_d'Aigalliers
gptkbp:date 1–3 August 1798
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Siege_of_Acre_(1799)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Nile (1798)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Aboukir_Bay,_Egypt
gptkbp:navalTactic Nelson's attack on both sides of the French line
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:explosion_of_L'Orient
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Napoleon's_invasion_of_Egypt
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved gptkb:L'Orient
gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkbp:significance crippled French Mediterranean fleet
isolated Napoleon's army in Egypt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Hoste
gptkb:Royal_Portuguese_Navy
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Byam_Martin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6