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Battle of Alexandria

Battle of Alexandria was a battle fought on 21 March 1801 at Alexandria, in what is now Egypt. It was part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria, which ran from 1798 to 1801. The recorded result: British victory.

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Battle of Alexandria
Philip James de Loutherbourg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought21 March 1801
WhereAlexandria, Egypt31.220N, 29.950E
OutcomeBritish victory
BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstFrance
Part ofFrench invasion of Egypt and Syria1798 to 1801

Where it sits in the French invasion of Egypt and Syria

Capture of Alexandria, 1798Battle of Shubra Khit, 1798Battle of the Nile, 1798Battle of El Salheya, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of El Lahun, 1798Siege of Acre, 1799Battle of Samanouth, 1799Battle of Aswan, 1799Siege of El Arish, 1799Siege of Jaffa, 1799Battle of Nazareth, 1799Battle of Mount Tabor, 1799First Battle of Abukir, 1799Battle of Damietta, 1799Siege of El Arish, 1799Battle of Heliopolis, 1800Second Battle of Abukir, 1801Battle of Alexandria, 1801Siege of El Rahmaniya, 1801Battle of Al Khankah, 180117981801Battle of Alexandria, 1801
21 placed engagements of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date21 March 1801
PlaceAlexandria, Egypt
31.220N, 29.950E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 8 times between 47 BC and 1941.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1801

Battle of Alexandria is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2750968, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Alexandria (1801), revision 1382317982, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.