COLLECTION NAME:
Napoleonic Images
Record
Filename:
napim091020243
Title:
Bataille D'Heliopolis
Alternative Title:
Battle of Heliopolis
Creator:
Gudin
Creator:
Bovinet
Contributor:
Simon Hall
Subject:
French Revolutionary Wars
Subject:
Heliopolis, Battle of
Subject:
Egyptian Campaign
Subject:
Ottoman Army
Subject:
Mamluks
Subject:
French Army
Description:
In January 1800, General Jean-Baptiste Kleber, commander of the remaining French Expeditionary Force in Egypt following the departure of Napoleon Bonaparte five months prior, agreed to the terms of the Convention of El-Arish with British Admiral Sidney Smith. This convention would have allowed the safe repatriation of French troops to France; however, dissensions to the exact nature of this agreement led to renewal of hostilities in March. On 20 March 1800, near the ruins of ancient Heliopolis just north of Cairo, two Ottoman armies, commanded by Nassif Pasha and Grand Vizier Yusuf Pasha, met the French army of Kleber. The French forces were able to outmaneuver the numerically superior Ottoman armies due to their greater discipline and tactics. The use of infantry squares allowed the French to repel the continuous assaults of Ottoman cavalry with musket fire whilst being aided by artillery barrages. The results of this battle allowed the French to exert greater control in Egypt until its recapture by British forces in 1801.
Date:
~1815
Coverage:
Egypt
Coverage:
Heliopolis
Genre/Form:
Print
Source:
J. David Markham Collection
Language:
French
Rights:
This image may be used without charge for non-commercial web sites under the condition that the sites or pages on which images appear contain a link back to the home page of the Noel Collection. The image may also be reproduced without charge in scholarly publications or in other printed material related to non-profit scholarly activities provided that such publications include a credit line acknowledging the Noel Collection as the source of the visual material. For all other purposes, please request permission to republish or redistribute images from the Noel Collection Curator.
