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		Aboukir Bay is East of Alexandria in Egypt.
		HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian.
		Admiral Nelsons Victory at the Battle of the Nile by Graeme Lothian.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /graeme_lothian1.htm (617 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Battles (1700-1799) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Battle of Aboukir Bay, also known as the Battle of the Nile, was a naval battle during the Napoleonic Wars between Great Britain and France, in which Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet at the Egyptian seaport of Aboukir on the 1st of August 1798.
		The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought near Boston in the USA on the 17th of June 1775 between nearly 3000 British and 5000 Americans.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /FB6.HTM (2638 words)

	Battle of Abukir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Abukir (1799) of the Egyptian campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought in August 1799, where Napoleon finished his defeat of the Turkish army of Mustafa IV.
		The Battle of Abukir (1801), second battle of the Egyptian campaign fought in March 1801.
		In this battle, a British army of 5,000 under General Ralph Abercromby landed to dislodge a French army of 2,000 under General Louis Friant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Abukir (189 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (B)
		The Battle of Algiers was a bitter conflict in Algiers from 1954 to 1962 between the Algerian nationalist population and the French colonial army and French settlers.
		The Battle of Hattin was a major defeat for the Crusaders by Saladin on the 4th of July 1187 at a village in Palestine 8 km northwest of Tiberias.
		The Battle of Navas de Tolosa was fought in 1212 between Yakub Almansur of the Almohades and the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre.
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	Encyclopedia: Battle of Lepanto (1571)
		One of the better-known participants in the battle was Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, who was wounded and lost the use of his left hand.
		During the course of the battle, the Ottoman commander's ship was boarded and the Spanish tercios from 3 galleys and the Turkish janissaries from 7 galleys fought on the deck of the Turkish Sultana.
		It was one of the most decisive naval defeats in the Mediterranean between the Battle of Actium (31 BC) and the Battle of the Nile (1798).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Lepanto-%281571%29 (2424 words)

	Battle of the Nile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map of ship positions and movements during the Battle of Aboukir Bay, August 1–August 2, 1798.
		Nelson had already achieved great fame, and Admiral Brueys had studied his tactics at the Battle of the Saints and Battle of Copenhagen.
		As a consequence, Brueys had his line of battle chained together at anchor to prevent the British from cutting the line and defeating a part of it in detail in a night action.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Aboukir_Bay (1058 words)

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		The Battle of Chillianwallah was fought between the Sikh forces in considerable strength, and the British commanded by lord Gough, on 13 January 1849.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness‑shire, Scotland.
		The Battle of Spithead was a naval encounter fought in 1545 between the English fleet and the French fleet.
	www.israelect.com /reference/WillieMartin/Famous_Battles.htm (14064 words)

	Abu Qir - TheBestLinks.com - Aboukir, Arabic language, August 1, Alexandria, ...
		Aboukir, Abu Qir, Arabic language, August 1, Alexandria, Battle of Aboukir Bay...
		Abū Qīr (also Abukir or Aboukir) was a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, twenty-three kilometers (fourteen and one-half miles) northeast of Alexandria by rail, containing a castle used as a state prison by Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
		Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious Khalīj Abū Qīr (Abū Qīr Bay), where on 1 August 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the Battle of Aboukir Bay.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Aboukir.html (275 words)

	200 Hundred Year Aniversery of Aboukir Bay
		In the afternoon of August 1st, Nelson found the French Naval squadron at Aboukir Bay (at the Canopus mouth of the Nile).
		Aboukir Bay was protected on the west by a shoal that had enough overhang to the north to cover over a thousand yards of the bay from the north as well.
		Several of the French ships captured at Aboukir Bay were repaired and served in the Royal Navy.
	www.drizzle.com /~robertaw/hh_200_years.html (821 words)

	Nile, Battle of the (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		also called BATTLE OF ABOUKIR BAY, Aboukir also spelled ABUKIR (Aug. 1, 1798), battle that was one of the greatest victories of the British admiral Horatio Nelson.
		It was fought between the British and French fleets in Abu Qir Bay, near Alexandria, Egypt.
		Several of the British warships were able to maneuver around the head of the French line of battle and thus got inside and behind their position.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/8946/nile.htm (446 words)

	Nile, Battle of the -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga.
		One of the two major battles of the American Civil War was fought at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pa., from July 1 to 3, 1863.
		The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory for the Greeks during the Persian Wars.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055847 (1009 words)

	Battle of the Nile : Battle of Aboukir Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Battle of the Nile : Battle of Aboukir Bay
		The Battle of the Nile also known as The Battle of Abukir Bay was an important naval battle of the Wars of the French Revolution[?] between a British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Battle of the Nile : Battle of Aboukir Bay.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ba/Battle_of_Aboukir_Bay.html (357 words)

	Battle of the Nile - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nelson had already achieved great fame, and Adm. Brueys had studied his tactics at the Battle of the Saints and Battle of Copenhagen.
		As a consequnce, Brueys had his line of Battle chained together at anchor to prevent the Brittish from cutting his line and defeating a part of in in detail in a night action.
		Returning home with Nelson's despatches, the Leander, captained by Edward Berry, was later captured by the surviving 74-gun Généroux after a fierce battle, somewhat delaying the arrival of the triumphant news in Britain.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/The_Battle_of_the_Nile (1069 words)

	Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile (Aboukir Bay) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile (Aboukir Bay)
		Nelson had changed the meaning of a naval battle, just as Napoleon in a similar way had changed the meaning of a military battle (or, perhaps, to make it again what it had been in the days of the Romans).
		From the point of view of the immediate war situation, the result of the battle was not as great as it might have been.
	www.cleverley.org /navy/nilebattle.html (1215 words)

	Royal Navy: The Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay 1798
		Royal Navy: The Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay 1798
		The Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay 1798
		The French position in Aboukir Bay appeared a very strong one with the ships anchored parallel to the shore.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/3535.html (442 words)

	French Naval Order of Battle at Aboukir Bay (Battle of the Nile): 1-2 August 1798
		The Enemy were moored in a strong Line of Battle for defending the entrance of the Bay (of Shoals), flanked by numerous Gun-boats, four Frigates, and a Battery of Guns and Mortars on an Island in their Van; but nothing could withstand the Squadron your Lordship did me the honour to place under my command.
		One of the most decisive battles in naval history, the Battle of the Nile was fought on 1-2 August 1798 in Egypt's Aboukir Bay.
		An interesting point of the battle was that the French squadron - under Vice-Admiral Francois-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers - fought while anchored in a semi-circle (the British squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, also fought much of the battle at anchor).
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/Nile/c_nile.html (468 words)

	Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orient explodes during the Battle of Aboukir Bay.
		Made a division commander, he served in the expedition to Egypt as flag officer to Admiral Brueys.
		He died at the Battle of Aboukir Bay on the Orient, the principle ship of the fleet which carried Napoleon Bonaparte and his army to Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casabianca (269 words)

	Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre - Nelson and the H.M.S. Victory
		A major refit took place in 1803 and she became Nelson's flagship until the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
		This led to the eventual collapse of the French Empire and saw the downfall of Napoleon in 1815.
		Until this time, only captains and flag officers were awarded for their bravery but Davison changed history by issuing his own 'Tribute of Regard' and marking Nelson's great victory at Aboukir Bay.
	www.shipwreckcharlestown.com /pages/nelson.htm (438 words)

	Leaders and Battles: Battle of the Nile, Aboukir Bay
		Leaders and Battles: Battle of the Nile, Aboukir Bay
		Having got past those guns, the British then exploited poor positioning by Brueys d'Aigalliers, who had allowed too much room at the head of his line, and sailed down the unmanned shore-side of the first French ships, pummeling them with little fear of return fire.
		It had forced the nearly sinking Bellerophon out of the battle but, at 10pm, the French flagship exploded after being set upon by a pack of British ships.
	www.lbdb.com /TMDisplayBattle.cfm?BID=354 (240 words)

	UW Arch Projects
		Swedish man-of-war sunk in battle against the Russian navy in 1788.
		Heraklion and Menouthis are submerged on c 8 m depth in the Basy of Aboukir, near Alexandria.
		The French navy was anchored at Aboukir, close to Alexandria.
	www.abc.se /~m10354/bld/uwa/projects.htm (1342 words)

	Napoleons battle of the Pyramids
		When Nelson shattered the French fleet in the Bay of Aboukir he foresaw, as his despatches showed, that the army of Bonaparte was land-locked.
		Eventually the British Government, alive to the fruits of Nelson's victory, despatched Sir Ralph Abercromby to dislodge the imprisoned French battalions and to capture the covetable land of Egypt.
		In March 1801, Abercromby with Smith of Acre, and Moore, afterwards of Corunna, was prepared to disembark on the shore affronting the castle of Aboukir.
	www.napoleon-prints.com /pyramids.htm (1410 words)

	Quia - 9 Napoleon Review
		Because of loss at Battle of Trafalgar, Napoleon's hopes of doing this were gone
		Largest battle of Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon was defeated, Napoleon abdicated his throne
		Battle of Nations, Battle of Waterloo, Battle of Aboukir Bay
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	HMS Vanguard (1787) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the evening of August 1, 1798, half an hour before sunset, the Battle of the Nile began when Nelson attacked the French fleet which was moored in a strong line of battle in Aboukir Bay[?] with gunboats, four frigates, and batteries on Aboukir Island[?] to protect their flanks.
		Goliath[?] was the leading ship and, followed by four others, she broke through the French line to anchor and fight from the shoreward side.
		She was in need of new masts and a bowsprit but Nelson defered getting them until he knew the situation of Culloden[?] which was to be careened at Naples after grounding during the battle.
	www.eurofreehost.com /hm/HMS_Vanguard_(1787)_2.html (533 words)

	USNI Interactive Great Battles - The Battle of the Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nelson did not find them on the open sea, but did learn that the French warships, that accompanied the troops and assured the supply line, were at anchor in Aboukir Bay.
		What followed was one of the greatest battles of all time: the Battle of the Nile.
		This program is written so that a reader who knows nothing about the battle, or Napoleonic sea-warfare in general, can follow along and understand all of the main points.
	www.usni.org /webstore/igbnile.htm (452 words)

	Battle of Aboukir Bay
		Battle of Aboukir Bay by French artist Louis Lejeune.
		The Battle of Aboukir Bay shows the French First Empire army.
		Battle of Aboukir Bay 25th July 1798 by Louis Lejeune
	www.cranstonfinearts.co.uk /var143.htm (503 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Military History \| Battle of Aboukir Bay
		The sudden swoop of a British fleet commanded by the bold young Vice Adm. Sir Horatio Nelson stunned the French naval force in Aboukir Bay in 1798, crushing General Napoleon Bonaparte's dreams for an Eastern empire.
		Little could Bonaparte have imagined, as he surveyed the beckoning East in the manner of a Roman emperor, that he was about to be all but ruined by the sudden swoop of a British naval flotilla commanded by Vice Adm. Sir Horatio Nelson.
		The extraordinary story of the Battle of the Nile, as the action in Aboukir Bay is often incorrectly called, is remarkable for its paradoxes and its revelation of the power of an individual.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/military_history/3031041.html (1193 words)

	The Battle of Bantry Bay
		In 1999 the game was a refight of the battle of Aboukir Bay, but in 2000 we were asked to do something a bit different.
		Pellew reports that the French have concentrated the day before near Bere Island, on the Western side of the bay, and appear to be ready to begin landing troops.
		Moreover, Pellew has spent the day cruising to the West of the bay, drawing the covering French warships away from where he believes the main action must be fought if it is to be fought at all.
	www.btinternet.com /~david.manley/naval/formline/bantry.htm (1048 words)

	Napoleonic Wars quiz
		What was the name of the French Admiral who commanded the fleet which took Napoleon's Army to Egypt in 1799, and subsequently died at the battle of Aboukir Bay?
		Which battle was known as the Battle of The Three Emperors?
		The invasion of this country in 1812 by Napoleon marked the turning point of his fortunes, and led eventually to his downfall.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz288357c70.html (192 words)

	Literacy & Learning - Other Resources
		...Without hesitation, Nelson led his fleet along a narrow channel into Aboukir Bay and took the French by surprise.
		As a result of this battle, the island of Malta fell into British hands and became Britain’s second navel base in the Mediterranean.
		More important still, Napoleon’s line of sea communitation was cut, and his invitation of the East had to be abandoned..
	www.lupinworks.com /os/writing/cause.html (142 words)

	British Empire: The Map Room: Africa: Egypt
		In 1798, he had the audacity of landing an army in Egypt that promptly defeated the Mameluke Army at the Battle of the Pyramids.
		A British Army was landed and defeated the remnants of the French force at the Battle of the Sphinx.
		In the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence the Turkish and Egyptian fleets are annihilated.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /maproom/egypt.htm (3361 words)

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