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Topic: French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1801

French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1801

Years: 1801 - 1801

The Austrians negotiate the Treaty of Lunéville, basically accepting the terms of the previous Treaty of Campo Formio.

In Egypt, the Ottomans and British invade and finally compell the French to surrender after the fall of Cairo and Alexandria.Britain continues the war at sea.

A coalition of non-combatants including Prussia, Russia, Denmark, and Sweden join to protect neutral shipping from Britain's blockade, resulting in Nelson's surprise attack on the Danish fleet in harbor at the Battle of Copenhagen.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)