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List Of Battles 1801–1900
1801–15 * – ** Action of 19 February 1801 - British victory over France ** Battle of Aboukir 8 March – British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou ** Battle of Mandora 13 March - The UK defeats France ** Battle of Alexandria 21 March - British victory over France ** Battle of Copenhagen 2 April – British commander Nelson defeats Danish fleet ** Action of 6 May 1801 - British victory over France ** Action of 24 June 1801 - French victory over the UK ** Siege of Cairo May - 27 June - The UK and the Ottoman Empire capture Cairo from France ** First Battle of Algeciras 6 July – British naval defeat by French ** Second Battle of Algeciras 12 July – British naval victory over French, Spanish ** Action of 1 August 1801 1 August - A US ship defeats Ottoman Tripolitania ** Raids on Boulogne 4-16 August - French victory over the UK ** Battle of Mahé 19 August - British victory over France ** Capitulation of Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Of 19 February 1801
The action of 19 February 1801 was a minor naval battle fought off Ceuta in Spanish North Africa in February 1801 between frigates of the French Navy, French and Royal Navy, Royal Navies during the French Revolutionary Wars. The engagement formed part of a series of actions fought to prevent the French from resupplying their garrison in Egypt, which had been trapped there without significant reinforcement since the defeat of the French Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle of the Nile two and a half years earlier. The leader of the Egyptian expedition, General Napoleon Bonaparte, had returned to France in 1799 and promised aid to the troops left behind, prompting several expeditions to the region carrying reinforcements. The frigate French frigate Africaine (1798), ''Africaine'' had been sent from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort early in 1801 with more than 400 soldiers for the Egyptian garrison, and by February had reached the Mediterranean Sea, Commodore Saulnier seeking to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
