<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Nile">Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay)</a>: Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.<sup about="#mwt23" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_1#cite_note-2" id="mweg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwew">[2]</span></a></sup>
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