Battle of Shubra Khit
1798 battle during the French Invasion of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Shubra Khit, also known as the Battle of Chobrakit, and known among the French as Combat de Chébreïss was among the first major engagement of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt that took place on 13 July 1798. On their march to Cairo, the French army encountered an Ottoman army consisting of Mamluk cavalry and drafted Fellahins under Murad Bey. Napoleon lined his forces up into infantry squares, a tactic which helped repel the Mamluk cavalry, largely due to their inability to penetrate them without suffering severe casualties. A naval battle also occurred, with an Ottoman flotilla being repelled by a French flotilla.[3]
Battle of Shubra Khit | |||||||
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Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Carle Vernet - Retraite de Mameluck | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-Baptiste Perrée (flotilla) |
Murad Bey Nicola (Nile flotilla) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
23,000[1] 3 gunboats 1 xebec 1 galley 25 total armed vessels |
Flotilla: | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Napoleon: "400-500 killed or wounded, 3/4 of which sailors" |
Land Forces: 300 killed or wounded 9 guns captured flotilla:400-500 infantry and crew members 1 gunboat destroyed Numerous ships abandoned and burned next day |