Timeline August 1801

Events in August 1801 1

• 1801 French army surrenders in Egypt Capitulation of Alexandria ends Napoleon's Egyptian campaign On 30 August 1801 the remaining French forces in Egypt surrendered to British and Ottoman troops at Alexandria, ending the occupation Napoleon had begun in 1798. Under the terms of surrender, French soldiers were repatriated aboard British ships. The campaign's failure weakened France's position in the eastern Mediterranean.