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Admiral Nelson’s decisive victory over the French at Alexandria

Jack Beckett

Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, the rising star of the British Royal Navy, had been pursuing the fleet of the French Republic around the Mediterranean for the…

5 Grand Goals Napoleon Aimed to Achieve in Egypt

The Egyptian campaign Napoleon led in 1798 was one of the greatest disasters of his career. After his fleet was destroyed by Nelson at the…