ABOUKIR  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village on the Mediterranean See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, 141 M . N.E. of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria by See also:

• RAIL

rail, containing a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle used as a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison by Mehemet See also:

• ALI

Ali . Near the village are many remains of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient buildings, See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman . About 2 M . S.E. of the village are ruins supposed to See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the site of See also:

• CANOPUS, or CANOBUS

Canopus . A little farther See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the Canopic See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile (now dry) entered the Mediterranean . Stretching eastward as far as the See also:

• ROSETTA (Coptic Rashit, Arabic Rashid)

Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious See also:

• BAY

bay of Aboukir, where on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1798 See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson fought the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the Nile, often referred to as the battle of Aboukir . The latter See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is applied more properly to an engagement between the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French expeditionary See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and the See also:

• TURKS

Turks fought on the 25th of See also:

• JULY

July 1799 . Near Aboukir, on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 18or, the See also:

• BRITISH

British army commanded by See also:

• SIR

Sir R . See also:

• ABERCROMBY
• ABERCROMBY, PATRICK (1656–c.-1716)
• ABERCROMBY, SIR RALPH (1734-1801)

Abercromby landed from its transports in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the See also:

• BEACH

beach .