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Siege of El Arish

Siege of El Arish was a siege conducted on 17 December 1799 at Arish, in what is now Egypt; it lasted 4 days. It was part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria, which ran from 1798 to 1801. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 14,000 against 300.

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Fought17 December 1799lasted 4 days
WhereArish, Egypt31.132N, 33.803E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstFrance
Casualties and lossesUnknownandMost killed
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, 180117981801Siege of El Arish, 1799
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

Date17 December 1799
to 21 December 1799
PlaceArish, Egypt
31.132N, 33.803E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength14,000300
Casualties and lossesUnknownMost killed
Commanders
  • Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
  • Louis-Joseph Elisabeth Cazals
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Siege of El Arish is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q119166434, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Siege of El Arish, revision 1370737341, 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.