British admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet anchored in the harbor of Abukir.    From Wordnik.com.  [1797-1801] Reference

The British fleet destroyed the French ships off Abukir (Aug. 1), isolating the troops from France.    From Wordnik.com.  [1788-1840] Reference

The Ottomans, supported by the British, then defeated Napoleon's army at Abukir (July 25, 1799) after it returned from an unsuccessful campaign in Syria.    From Wordnik.com.  [1797-1801] Reference

We went out by Gibraltar, flew to Cairo, to Abukir, near Alexandria, where we had a major overhaul.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Japanese Ceylon Attack] Reference

Brueys stationed it in Abukir bay, near the Rosetta mouth of the Nile, in order to guard the rear of the army.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

The troops landed in Abukir bay on February 8 and 9, 1801, with results which must be deferred to our next volume.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

The only two ships which remained to France of the fleet defeated in Abukir bay were captured, one of them by Nelson himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

On the 25th he put to sea again, sailed along the coast of the Morea, and finally on August 1 discovered the enemy in Abukir bay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

It was sheltered by Abukir (now Nelson's) island and its rocks, and its leading ship was pretty close to the shoal off the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

Little of Alexandria could be seen except the sea front and the southern and eastern portions which the railway skirted in its way out between the large shallow lakes, Mariut and Abukir, into the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula] Reference

For some time after leaving the city the railway was followed, until they arrived at the neck of land that separates the lakes Mariut and Abukir, then, leaving the road entirely, Captain Forsyth edged away from the railway and skirted along the south-west bank of Lake Abukir.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rebel's Reign] Reference

Whether it is Nelson, the greatest of all admirals, at Abukir, Copenhagen, or Trafalgar; or Farragut, second only to Nelson, at New Orleans or Mobile; or Dewey at Manila—the great occasion must meet with the great man, or the result will be at worst a failure, at best an indecisive success.    From Wordnik.com.  [XII. Admiral Dewey] Reference

"General Sir Ralph Abercromby, who commanded the British army at Abukir when the French had possession of Egypt, landed at this port, marched across the desert to the Nile, which he descended to Cairo, where he found that the French army had surrendered to the English.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing] Reference

Abukir, battle of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subject Index Page 1] Reference

Abukir bay, 417, 439.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

Nile, battle of the (Abukir bay), 416, 417.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference

Hermione, Minerva, Rainbow, Pegasus, Pandora, Abukir, Vindictive, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Conquest of England] Reference