Category: French Revolutionary Wars
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Rear-Admiral Nelson Triumphant at the Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798.
Image: The Destruction of L’Orient at the Battle of the Nile George Arnald, 1827. On August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson defeated a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. The clash left Napoleon’s 45,000-man Armée d’Orient stranded in Egypt with no way to return home. The Battle of the Nile was fought between the…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 