French Campaign in Egypt and Syria - Timeline and Battles

Timeline and Battles

• 1798
  • 19 May (30 Floréal year VI) : Departure from Toulon
  • 11 June (23 Prairial year VI) : Capture of Malta
  • 1 July (13 Messidor year VI) : Landing at Alexandria
  • 21 July (3 Thermidor year VI) : Battle of the Pyramids, French land victory
  • 1 and 2 August (14-15 Thermidor year VI) : Battle of the Nile, British naval victory over French squadron anchored in Aboukir Bay
  • 10 August : Battle at Salheyeh, French victory
  • 7 October : Battle of Sédiman, French victory
  • 21 October (30 Vendémiaire) : Cairo Revolt

• 1799
  • 7 March : Siege of Jaffa, French victory
  • 20 May (1 Prairial an VII) : Siege of Acre, French troops retire after eight assaults
  • 8 April : Battle at Nazareth, French victory, Junot with 500 defeats 3000 Turks

• • 11 April : Battle of Cana, French victory, Napoleon wins a great battle against Turks
  • 16 April (27 Germinal year VII) : Bonaparte relieves the troops under Kléber just as the latter are about to be overwhelmed at the foot of Mount Tabor
  • 1 August (14 Thermidor year VII) : Battle of Abukir, French victory
  • 23 August (6 Fructidor year VII) : Bonaparte embarks on the frigate Muiron and abandons command to Kléber

• 1800
  • 24 January (4 Pluviôse year VIII) : Kléber concludes the convention of El-Arich with the British admiral Sidney Smith
  • February (Pluviôse-Ventôse year VIII) : French troops begin their withdrawal, but the British admiral Keith refuses to recognize the convention's terms.
  • 20 March (29 Ventôse year VIII) : Battle of Heliopolis, Kléber wins one last victory, against a force of 30,000 Ottomans
  • 14 June (25 Prairial year VIII) : A fanatic named Suleiman al-Halabi assassinates Kléber in his garden in Cairo. General Menou, a convert to Islam, takes over command
  • 3 September (16 Fructidor year VIII) : The British recapture Malta from the French

• 1801
  • 8 March (17 Ventôse year IX) : British landing near Aboukir
  • 21 March (30 Ventôse year IX) : Battle of Alexandria, French defeat, army under Menou digs in at Alexandria ready for the siege of Alexandria
  • 31 March (10 Germinal year IX) : Ottoman army arrives at El-Arich
  • 19 April (29 Germinal year IX): British and Ottoman forces capture Fort Julien at Rosetta after a four-day bombardment, opening the Nile.
  • 27 June (8 Messidor year IX) : General Belliard surrenders in Cairo
  • 31 August (13 Fructidor year IX) : Siege of Alexandria ends in Menou's surrender