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The triple alliance and the Campaign of the Levant

The triple alliance and the Campaign of the Levant

Point 5 of 8 — Lesson 10: The French Campaign — Events and Egyptian Resistance until the EvacuationQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

05The triple alliance and the Campaign of the Levant

The Ottoman–English–Russian alliance

  • The Ottoman State allied with England and Russia to expel the French from Egypt by force.
  • They sent two expeditions: a land one coming from the Levant and a naval one heading for Alexandria.

Bonaparte's campaign on Syria

  • Bonaparte led a campaign into the Levant in March 1799 but failed to take Acre.
  • Reasons for failure: the strength of the city's defences, the stubborn defence of its people under its governor Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar, and the help given to it by the English fleet.
  • He returned to Cairo.

Aboukir (land)

  • Word reached him that the Ottoman fleet had landed at Aboukir in July 1799; he turned against them and inflicted on them a resounding defeat.

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