Siege of Alexandria (1801)

Siege of Alexandria
	Part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria
	; French fortifications east of Alexandria during the siege
Date	17 August – 2 September 1801
Location	Alexandria, Ottoman Egypt31°12′16″N 29°52′48″E / 31.2045796°N 29.8800659°E
Result	British victory Capitulation of Alexandria;
Belligerents
United Kingdom	France
Commanders and leaders
John Hely-Hutchinson ; Sidney Smith	Jacques Menou
Strength
20,000	13,000 ; 5 frigates ; 3 corvettes ; 1 hospital ship
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2,000 died of disease ; 10,000 captured ; 5 frigates captured ; 3 corvettes captured ; 1 hospital ship captured
	Location within Mediterranean

War of the Second Coalition:
Egypt and Syria

480km
298miles

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Jaffa

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Cairo

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Alexandria

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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 invasion of 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.