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| | Wikipedia: Abukir |
 | | Abukir (sometimes spelled Aboukir) was a village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 23 kilometers (14½ miles) northeast of Alexandria by rail, containing a castle used as a state prison by Mehemet Ali. |
 | | Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious Bay of Abukir, where on August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the Battle of Abukir Bay. |
 | | Near Abukir, on March 8, 1801, the British army commanded by Sir R. Abercromby landed from its transports in the face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the beach. |
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