Wednesday, 7 December 2011

The battle of the nile

The battle of the Nile was a sea battle that took place on August 1st 1798 near the Nile delta,so here's how it goes:British admiral Horatio Nelson's Mediterranean fleet had been chasing the French Mediterranean fleet under command of admiral Bruyes since May when he finally found them on August 1st near the Nile delta.In the furious attack that followed most of the French fleet was overpowered and surrendered within a few hours.

Bruyes died of his injuries in the middle of the battle and his flagship,the massive 120 gun ship of the line Orient,blew up and sank around midnight.By dawn on August 2nd,only one french ship in the area was still flyng french colours(all the others having surrendered,been destroyed or escaped) and then it too surrnendered.The ships that escaped were blockaded in a French port.

An engraved print showing a tightly packed line of 13 warships flying the French flag. The ships are firing on eight ships flying the British flag that are steadily approaching them from the right of the picture.A broad view of a bay. Running vertically from the foreground to the background is a line of 14 anchored ships flying red, white and blue tricolour flags. to their left are four more anchored ships and to the left of these vessels is a distant shoreline. In the foreground of this shore is a hillside on which several men in turbans watch the scene below. To the right of the line a number of ships with all sails set are grouped around the head of the line, as smoke rises from many of the ships on both sides.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_campaign_of_1798



That's all for now!

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