Siege of Fort Julien | |||||||
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Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Fort Julien, with an Egyptian Boat, 1803 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First French Republic |
United Kingdom Egypt Eyalet | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General Louis Friant | Lord Dalhousie | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
306[2] | 2,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
41 killed or wounded 264 surrendered[1] | 10 casualties[3] |
The siege of Fort Julien was a military engagement that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars as part of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria from 8 to 19 April 1801. The action was between a British and Ottoman force numbering 2,000 men and a besieged French force of 300 men.[4]