Bonaparte's army, eluding the British Mediterranean fleet…

July 1798 CE

Bonaparte's army, eluding the British Mediterranean fleet under Admiral Horatio Nelson, lands at Abu Qir Bay on July 1 and takes Alexandria by storm the next day.

In an Arabic proclamation, Bonaparte assures the Egyptians that he has come as a friend to Islam and the Ottoman sultan, to punish the usurping Mamluks (Egypt's ruling military caste) and to liberate the people.

From Alexandria, ...

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