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Aboukir Bay

Aboukir Bay (or Abukir Bay, Abu Qir Bay) A bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, lying between Alexandria and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile. Nelson defeated the French fleet under Brueys at the Battle of the NILE which was fought in the bay on 1–2 August 1798. Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition landed near the village of Aboukir and defeated the French in 1801.

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	(book review) Magazine article from: Parameters; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the British locating the badly positioned French fleet in Aboukir Bay. Although the British completely destroyed the French fleet...happened had the British actually missed the French fleet at Aboukir Bay or the allies actually abandoned Quatre Bras, no one can doubt... Read more
	Geoarchaeology; underwater archaeology in the canopic region in Egypt.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 131 words ; ...geologists as well as archaeologists, the five chapters of this volume describe exploration and analysis of the region now known as Aboukir Bay in Egypt. Originally situated high above the mouth of the Nile, the area was the site of a major trading harbor and settlements... Read more
	(book reviews) Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/1998; ; 469 words ; ...twists and turns of war. Detailed descriptions of Rossbach (1757), Belgrade (1789), Valmy (1792), Fleurus (1794), Lodi (1796), Aboukir Bay (1797), and Marengo (1800)--confusingly placed at the start of each chapter rather than where they belong chronologically... Read more
	Follow us for a Fontwell fortune. Newspaper article from: Chichester Observer (Chicheste, England); 1/24/2008; 239 words ; ...9-2, 12 ran, non-runners: 10. 3.50: 5 Massini Sunset Mr C Huxley 8-1, 12 Wild Ground J M Davies 9-4 Fav, 15 Cleymor House J E Moore 7-2, 15 ran. 4.20: 10 Aboukir Bay T Siddall 33-1, 14 Quillygham Mr D R Cook 11-1, 5 Latalanta P Hide 25-1, 16 ran. Read more
	"I will be a hero."(book on Lord Horatio Nelson)(Book Review) Magazine article from: New Criterion; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...frigates missed the rendezvous, leaving his fleet blind--made the chase fruitless for weeks. But, finding the French fleet in Aboukir Bay on the Nile, Nelson fulfilled his mission. It was dusk and the French were anchored against the shore, confident their position... Read more
	Unique signature found by town researcher. Newspaper article from: Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England); 5/3/2007; 315 words ; ...expedition at his ancestral home in Otley Hall, near Ipswich, in 1604, before sailing with two other ships to America. The expedition landed in Jamestown, named after King James I, in May 1607, but Gosnold died tragically a few weeks later. The seal will be on... Read more
	La Salle: A Perilous Odyssey from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2004; ; 504 words ; ...control trade and to harass the Spanish in Mexico. Sailing for the Gulf of Mexico for that purpose in 1684, La Salle and his expedition landed at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast. Disaster followed disaster, causing the colony to waste away. Disgruntled members... Read more

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	Aboukir Bay, Battle of Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Aboukir Bay, Battle of a naval battle in 1798 off Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile, in which the British under Nelson defeated the French fleet. Also known as the Battle of the Nile . Read more
	Nile, Battle of the Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Battle of the (1 August 1798) A naval battle fought at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, in which a British...French admiral had anchored his fleet of 13 vessels in the bay. He believed his ships to be safe from attack, but NELSON... Read more
	Nile, battle of the Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...between thirteen British ships of the line under Nelson , and thirteen French under Brueys, is at the western end of Aboukir Bay. This extends some 18 miles south-west/north-east 20 miles east of Alexandria, close to Rosetta on the Nile delta. In... Read more
	Casabianca, Louis Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Casabianca, Louis (1755–98), a Corsican naval officer who perished with his little son at the Battle of Aboukir Bay , an event commemorated in the poem Casabianca (1849) by Mrs Hemans, often referred to by its opening line, ‘The boy stood on the burning deck.’ Read more
	Nelson Mass Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Nelson Mass ( Nelsonmesse ). Nickname for Haydn's Mass No.9 in D minor ( Missa in angustiis ) (Mass in time of peril), comp. 1798. A legend says that the work celebrates Nelson's victory at Aboukir Bay in 1798, another that Nelson heard it perf. at Eisenstadt in 1800. Read more

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