| Siege of Fort Julien | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
 Fort Julien, with an Egyptian Boat, 1803 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First French Republic |
 United Kingdom Egypt Eyalet | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General Louis Friant  |
Lord Dalhousie | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 306[2] | 2,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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41 killed or wounded 264 surrendered[1] | 10 casualties[3] | ||||||
The siege of Fort Julien was a military engagement that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars as part of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria from 8 to 19 April 1801. The action was between a British and Ottoman force numbering 2,000 men and a besieged French force of 300 men.[4]
- ^ a b c McGregor, John James (1828). History of the French Revolution: And of the Wars Resulting from that Memorable Event, Volume 7 History of the French Revolution: And of the Wars Resulting from that Memorable Event. G.B. Whittaker. pp. 147–49.
- ^ Mackesy, pp 156–157
- ^ Walsh pp 117–18
- ^ Moore, James Carrick (1833). The life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B. Volume 1 of The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B. John Murray. p. 308.