‘The Landing At Aboukir Bay’ By Richard Caton Woodville. Print On Board 15 X 10

Description: ‘The Landing At Aboukir Bay’ By Richard Caton Woodville. Print On Board 15 X 10 . The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was the second pitched battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile Delta. Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition The landing of the British expeditionary force under Sir Ralph Abercromby was intended to defeat or drive out an estimated 21,000 remaining troops of Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt. The fleet commanded by Baron Keith included seven ships of the line, five frigates and a dozen armed corvettes. With the troop transports, it was delayed in the bay for several days by strong gales and heavy seas before disembarkation could proceed.

Price: 20 GBP

Location: Barnsley

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