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Many of the antiquities discovered by the French in Egypt, including the stone, were signed over to the British at the end of the campaign by Menou as part of his treaty with Hutchinson. The French scholars' research in Egypt gave rise to the 4-volume Mémoires sur l'Égypte (published from 1798 to 1801).
It was the last action of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801). The French had occupied Alexandria, a major fortified harbour city on the Nile Delta in northern Egypt, since 2 July 1798, and the garrison there surrendered on 2 September 1801.
British Victory in Egypt, 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest. Psychology Press. Phipps, Ramsay Weston (1926). The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I. Vol. V. London: Oxford University Press. Reynier (1802).
The Damascene army of an-Nasir Yusuf invaded Egypt and encountered the Egyptian army under Aybak on 2 February 1251 near Zagazig. The Syrians were at first successful, but one of their regiments of Mamluks deserted in the midst of the battle. Yusuf, not known for his courage, fled back to Damascus.
Pages in category "French invasion of Egypt and Syria" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The text of the Capitulation is printed in full in Robert Wilson's History of the British expedition to Egypt. [1] Each article as proposed by General Menou is followed by a comment: the proposed articles as amended by these comments form the capitulation as it was finally put into effect, bringing the conflict to a formal end on 2 September 1801.
The Capture of Alexandria was the first operation on Egyptian soil during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. On 2 July 1798, the French army landed and took the city of Alexandria from the hands of the Janissaries .
Pages in category "Sieges of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .