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ABOUKIR , a See also: village on the Mediterranean See also: coast of See also: Egypt, 141 M
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N.E. of Alexandria by See also: rail, containing a See also: castle used as a See also: state prison by Mehemet See also: Ali
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Near the village are many remains of See also: ancient buildings, See also: Egyptian, See also: Greek and See also: Roman
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About 2 M
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S.E. of the village are ruins supposed to mark the site of See also: Canopus
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A little farther See also: east the Canopic branch of the See also: Nile (now dry) entered the Mediterranean
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Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious See also: bay of Aboukir, where on the 1st of See also: August 1798 Nelson fought the See also: battle of the Nile, often referred to as the battle of Aboukir
.
The latter title is applied more properly to an engagement between the French expeditionary army and the See also: Turks fought on the 25th of See also: July 1799
.
Near Aboukir, on the 8th of See also: March 18or, the
See also: British army commanded by See also: Sir R
.
Abercromby landed from its transports in the face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the See also: beach
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