Aboukir

Aboukir is a small village on the coast of Egypt, 13 miles NE. of Alexandria. This bay is celebrated on account of Nelson's great victory over the French fleet, August 1, 1798, the famous 'Battle of the Nile.' The French fleet was not merely defeated, but almost annihilated; the flagship of the admiral De Brueys blew up, and only two ships escaped. Here Napoleon in 1799 defeated a Turkish army; and here Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition landed in 1801 in the face of the enemy.