siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Cairo
Siege of Cairo was a siege conducted in May 1801 at Cairo, in what is now Egypt. It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars, which ran from 1792 to 1802. The recorded result: Anglo-Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against 14,000.
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Record
| Date | May 1801 (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Cairo, Egypt 30.056N, 31.239E | |
| Part of | French Revolutionary Wars (1792 to 1802) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Anglo-Ottoman victory | |
| Belligerents | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Ottoman Empire | French First Republic |
| Commanders | Hely-Hutchinson | Augustin Belliard |
| Strength | 20,000 | 14,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | 13,500 captured |
Nearest engagements
- Capture of Cairo 1517, 2.5 km
- Battle of Ghamra AD 632, 3.2 km
- Battle of the Pyramids 1798, 4.9 km
- Battle of al-Babein 1167, 4.9 km
- Siege of Babylon Fortress AD 640, 5.6 km
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Fort Julien April 1801
- After: Siege of Porto Ferrajo 2 May 1801
- All 84 engagements of French Revolutionary Wars
Elsewhere in 1801
- Battle of Copenhagen Denmark
- Second Battle of Abukir Egypt
- Battle of Alexandria Egypt
- First Battle of Algeciras Spain
- Action of 1 August 1801 Libya
Siege of Cairo is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 76 in present-day Egypt.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q24962366, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Cairo (1801), revision 1384341418, 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.