1 August 1798 · Africa
Battle of the Nile
In August 1798, in Aboukir Bay on the Egyptian coast, Nelson’s British squadron attacked the French fleet that had landed Bonaparte’s army. The night action left that army cut off from France by sea.
Commanders
- Napoleon Bonaparte · General
- Horatio Nelson · Admiral
- Date
- 1 August 1798
- Place
- Abu Qir Bay · Egypt
- Region
- Africa