No better place to start this sub! The Battle of Nile(Aboukir Bay) begins on this day in 1798 during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, with the British led by Horatio Nelson, routing the French fleet, which lost 9 ships, and around 5000 killed. And it made the British dominant in the Mediterranean.
by /u/0pal23 in /r/nelsonsnavy
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