Bonaparte captured Malta (June 11) and continued to Egypt where he captured Alexandria (July 2). He then took Cairo at the Battle of the Pyramids (July 21).
Battle of the Nile. British admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet anchored in the harbor of Abukir. Napoleon was thus cut off from France. The Ottomans, supported by the British, then defeated Napoleon's army at Abukir (July 25, 1799) after it returned from an unsuccessful campaign in Syria. Napoleon left Egypt (Aug. 24) for France, leaving Klebér in command. Klebér was assassinated and succeeded by Menou, whom the British defeated at Alexandria (March 21, 1801).
