Siege of Alexandria (1801)

Siege of Alexandria
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition
French fortified heights to the eastern side of Alexandria
Date 17 August – 2 September 1801 Location Alexandria, Egypt, Ottoman Empire 31°12′16″N 29°52′48″E / 31.2045796°N 29.8800659°E / 31.2045796; 29.8800659 Result British victory Capitulation of Alexandria End of the Egypt–Syria campaign
Belligerents
France	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Jacques-François Menou	John Hely-Hutchinson Sidney Smith
Strength
13,000	20,000[1]
Casualties and losses
10,000 captured[2] 2,000 to disease 9 warships captured	Low
class=notpageimage| Location within Mediterranean

War of the Second Coalition:
Egypt and Syria

800km
500miles

6

5

Jaffa

4

Cairo

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Alexandria

2

Malta

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  current battle

  Napoleon in command till 23 August 1799

The siege of Alexandria (17 August – 2 September 1801) was fought during the French Revolutionary Wars between French and British forces. It was the last action of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801). The French had occupied Alexandria, a major fortified harbour city on the Nile Delta in northern Egypt, since 2 July 1798, and the garrison there surrendered on 2 September 1801.