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[[History]] -- [[Military history]] -- [[List of battles]]
'''The Battle of the Nile''', also known as ''The Battle of [[Abukir]] Bay'', was an important [[naval battle]] of the [[Wars of the French Revolution]] between a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] fleet commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Horatio Nelson]] and a [[France|French]] fleet under Vice-Admiral [[François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers]]. It took place on the evening and early morning of [[August 1]] and [[August 2]], [[1798]]. French losses were as high as 1,700 dead (including Brueys) and 3,000 captured. British losses were 218 dead.
[[Napoleon Bonaparte]] intended to threaten the British position in [[India]] via the invasion and conquest of [[Egypt]]. About three weeks after his landing there, a British fleet of 14 ships under [[Horatio Nelson]] -- which had been scouring the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]] looking for the French fleet -- finally came upon the 15 French ships being used to support the invasion.
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