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Battles in Egypt

76 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Egypt: 55 battles, 18 sieges and 3 naval actions between 1177 BC and 1973. The wars with most engagements here: French invasion of Egypt and Syria (12), Yom Kippur War (12), Arab conquest of Egypt (6), Crusades (5).

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76 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

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Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1177 BC	Battle of the Delta	Nile Delta	Q1758757
May 524 BC	Battle of Pelusium	Pelusium	First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
342 BC	Battle of Pelusium	Pelusium
22 June 216 BC	Battle of Raphia	Rafah	Fourth Syrian War
46 BC	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	Alexandrian War
46 BC	Battle of the Nile	Nile Delta	Alexandrian War
31 July 29 BC	Battle of Alexandria	Alexandria	Final War of the Roman Republic
August AD 632	Battle of Ghamra	Ḥaʼil Province	Ridda Wars
November AD 639	Siege of Pelusium	Pelusium	Arab conquest of Egypt
November AD 639	Siege of Memphis	Memphis	Arab conquest of Egypt
April AD 640	Siege of Babylon Fortress	Babylon Fortress	Arab conquest of Egypt
6 July AD 640	Battle of Heliopolis	Heliopolis	Arab conquest of Egypt
February AD 641	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	Arab conquest of Egypt
April AD 646	Battle of Nikiou	Zawyat Razin	Arab conquest of Egypt
1153	Siege of Ascalon	Ashkelon	Crusades
1167	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	Crusades
18 March 1167	Battle of al-Babein	Giza	Crusades
4 November 1168	Siege of Bilbeis	Belbis	Crusades
27 October 1169	Siege of Damietta	Damietta	Crusades
April 1218	Siege of Damietta	Damietta	Fifth Crusade
5 June 1249	Siege of Damietta	Damietta	Seventh Crusade
8 February 1250	Battle of Mansurah	Mansoura	Seventh Crusade
6 April 1250	Battle of Fariskur	Egypt	Seventh Crusade
27 January 1517	Capture of Cairo	Cairo	Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17
26 April 1541	Battle of Suez	Suez	Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560
2 July 1798	Capture of Alexandria	Alexandria	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
13 July 1798	Battle of Shubra Khit	Shubra Khit	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
21 July 1798	Battle of the Pyramids	Imbaba	French Revolutionary Wars
1 August 1798	Battle of the Nile	Abu Qir Bay	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
7 October 1798	Battle of Sediman
22 January 1799	Battle of Samanouth	Samannud	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
12 February 1799	Battle of Aswan	Aswan	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
20 February 1799	Siege of El Arish	Arish	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
25 July 1799	First Battle of Abukir	Abu Qir	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
1 November 1799	Battle of Damietta	Damietta	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
17 December 1799	Siege of El Arish	Arish	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
20 March 1800	Battle of Heliopolis	Heliopolis	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
8 March 1801	Second Battle of Abukir	Abu Qir	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
13 March 1801	Battle of Mandora		French Revolutionary Wars
21 March 1801	Battle of Alexandria	Alexandria	French invasion of Egypt and Syria
April 1801	Siege of Fort Julien	Fort Julien	French Revolutionary Wars
May 1801	Siege of Cairo	Cairo	French Revolutionary Wars
17 August 1801	Siege of Alexandria	Alexandria	French Revolutionary Wars
5 August 1882	Battle of Kafr-el-Dawwar		Anglo-Egyptian War
13 September 1882	Battle of Tel el-Kebir		Anglo-Egyptian War
May 1915	Siege of Sollum	Sallum
26 February 1916	Battle of Agagia	Sidi Barrani	Q941428
23 April 1916	Battle of Katia		Middle Eastern theater of World War I
3 August 1916	Battle of Romani	Sinai Peninsula	Middle Eastern theater of World War I
9 August 1916	Battle of Bir el Abd	Bir al-Abd	Middle Eastern theater of World War I
23 December 1916	Battle of Magdhaba	Sinai Peninsula	World War I
21 February 1917	Raid on Bir el Hassana		Middle Eastern theater of World War I
21 February 1917	Raid on Nekhl		Middle Eastern theater of World War I
9 December 1940	Battle of Nibeiwa		Operation Compass
10 December 1940	Battle of Sidi Barrani	Sidi Barrani	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
19 December 1941	Raid on Alexandria	Alexandria	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
29 June 1942	Battle of Mersa Matruh	Marsa Matruh	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
1 July 1942	First Battle of El Alamein	El Alamein	Battles of El Alamein
30 August 1942	Battle of Alam el Halfa	El Alamein	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
23 October 1942	Second Battle of El Alamein	El Alamein	Battles of El Alamein
26 October 1942	Outpost Snipe		Battles of El Alamein
5 June 1967	Battle of the Jiradi	Sinai Peninsula	Six-Day War
6 June 1967	Battle of Abu-Ageila		Six-Day War
8 June 1967	19th Battalion Night Post Battle	Sinai Peninsula	Six-Day War
1973	Battle of the Chinese Farm		Yom Kippur War
1973	Battle of Ismailia		Yom Kippur War
1973	Battle of Suez	Suez	Yom Kippur War
6 October 1973	Ofira Air Battle	Sinai Peninsula	Yom Kippur War
6 October 1973	Battles of Fort Budapest	Sinai Peninsula	Yom Kippur War
6 October 1973	Battle of Fort Lahtzanit	Sinai Peninsula	Yom Kippur War
7 October 1973	Battle of Marsa Talamat		Yom Kippur War
9 October 1973	Battle of Baltim	Damietta	Yom Kippur War
14 October 1973	Air Battle of El Mansoura	Nile Delta	Yom Kippur War
17 October 1973	Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush		Yom Kippur War
17 October 1973	Battle of Seraphum	Egypt	Yom Kippur War
19 October 1973	Battle of the Orchard Complex		Yom Kippur War

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