What is Battle of the Nile?
[[File:Aboukir.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A painting showing the wreck of a French ship, L'Orient, during the battle.]] The '''Battle of the Nile''' was an important [[navy|naval]] [[battle]] (fought by [[ship]]s) between the [[Britain|British]] and the [[France|French]]. It happened from 1 to 3 August 1798, during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. The British [[Royal Navy]], led by [[Horatio Nelson]], defeated the [[France|French]], who were led by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. The name comes because the battle was fought in an [[estuary]] of the [[River Nile]], off the coast of [[Egypt]]. [[Great Britain]] took control of the eastern [[Mediterranean]]. Napoleon had won the earlier Battle of the Pyramids, but his army was now cut off from France. France eventually surrendered at the [[Capitulation of Alexandria]]. {{history-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nile}} [[Category:18th-century battles]] [[Category:1790s in France]] [[Category:18th century in the Kingdom of Great Britain]] [[Category:1798]] [[Category:History of Egypt]] [[Category:Napoleonic Wars]]