Aboukir Bay

British

/ ˌæbuːˈkɪə /

noun

Arabic name: Abu Qîr. a bay on the N coast of Egypt, where the Nile enters the Mediterranean: site of the Battle of the Nile (1798), in which Nelson defeated the French fleet

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Under Nelson at Aboukir Bay in 1798 and at Trafalgar in 1805 Britain's fleet crushed Napoleon's dream of making France an overseas power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nelson followed Napoleon's fleet through a cloud of unknowing and finally crushed the French in Aboukir Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

The future lovers did not meet again until Nelson had lost an eye and an arm and won world-wide fame by demolishing the French fleet in Aboukir Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the elevation of Ramleh, however, the French fleet could be made out, lying in Aboukir Bay in a long line.

From At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Napoleon having landed, his fleet, under Admiral Brueys, brought up in Aboukir Bay.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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