Timeline - Expedition to Egypt & Syria: 1 May 1798 – 30 August 1801

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Begins with French embarkation on 19 May. Ends with surrender of French troops to the English on 30 August.

Ottoman Empire declares War to the French, 9 September 1798.

Includes the following campaigns:

Campaign in Egypt (1 July 1798), until Campaign in Lower Egypt (25 August 1798): Desaix sent south along the lower Nile until 29 May 1799 (Belliard takes the port of Kosseir).
Campaign in Palestine and Syria: 6 February 1799 (beginning of the French march) until 14 June 1799 (Napoleon returns to Cairo).

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2 July 1798. Battle and Conquest of Alexandria. France (Napoleon) vs. Mamelucks (Koraim Pasha).
13 July. Battle of Shubra Khit. France (Napoleon) vs. Mamelucks (Murad Bey). French.
21 July. Battle of the Pyramids (Battle of Embabeh). France (Napoleon) vs. Mamelucks (Murad Bey/Ibrahim Bey). French.
7 October. Battle of Sediman (Battle of El Lahun). France (Desaix) vs. Mamelucks (Murad Bey). French.
21-22 October 1798, Uprising of the people of Cairo.

22 January 1799. Battle of Samhud. France (Desaix) vs. Mamelucks (Murad Bey). French.
14-15 February. Battle near El Arish. France (Reynier) vs. Ottoman Empire. French.
14-20 February. Siege and Capitulation of El Arish. France (Reynier, Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire. French.
25 February. Conquest of Gaza. France (Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire. French.
3-8 March. Siege of Jaffa (Siege of Haifa). France (Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire. French.
8-10 March. Battle of Abnud. France (Belliard) vs. Mamelucks. [?] victory.
18 March – 20 May. Siege of Acre (Accon). France (Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire (Phélippeau, Smith, Jezzar, Pasha). Ottoman Empire.
16 April. Engagement of Mount Tabor. France (Kléber, Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire (Achmed or Abdallah (Pasha of Damascus)). French.
1 May. Action at Beni Adi. France (Davout) vs. Mamelucks. French.
25 July. First Battle of Abukir. France (Napoleon) vs. Ottoman Empire (Mustapha). French.

20 March 1800. Battle of Heliopolis. France (Kléber) vs. Ottoman Empire (Yussuf Pasha). French.

22 March 1801. Second Battle of Abukir. France (Menou) vs. Britain (Abercromby). British.
20 March 1801. Battle of Canopus. France (Menou) vs. Britain (Abercromby). British. (Death of Abercromby).