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ABOUKIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 69 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABOUKIR , a See also:

village on the Mediterranean See also:coast of See also:Egypt, 141 M. N.E. of See also:Alexandria by See also:rail, containing a See also:castle used as a See also:state See also:prison by Mehemet See also:Ali. Near the village are many remains of See also:ancient buildings, See also:Egyptian, See also:Greek and See also:Roman. About 2 M. S.E. of the village are ruins supposed to See also:mark the site of See also:Canopus. A little farther See also:east the Canopic See also:branch of the See also:Nile (now dry) entered the Mediterranean. Stretching eastward as far as the See also:Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious See also:bay of Aboukir, where on the 1st of See also:August 1798 See also:Nelson fought the See also:battle of the Nile, often referred to as the battle of Aboukir. The latter See also:title is applied more properly to an engagement between the See also:French expeditionary See also:army and the See also:Turks fought on the 25th of See also:July 1799. Near Aboukir, on the 8th of See also:March 18or, the See also:British army commanded by See also:Sir R. See also:Abercromby landed from its transports in the See also:face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the See also:beach.

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