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Events on Friday 3 August 1798 2
1798Battle of the NileNelson destroys the French fleet at Aboukir BayA British fleet under Horatio Nelson attacked the French fleet anchored in Aboukir Bay and destroyed or captured nearly all of it, including the flagship L'Orient, which blew up. The victory cut off Napoleon's army in Egypt and restored British naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1798Battle of the NileNelson destroys the French fleet at Aboukir BayA British fleet under Horatio Nelson attacked the French fleet anchored in Aboukir Bay and destroyed or captured nearly all of it, including the flagship L'Orient, which blew up. The victory cut off Napoleon's army in Egypt and restored British naval dominance in the Mediterranean.