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Alexandria expedition of 1807

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The Alexandria expedition of 1807 or Fraser expedition (Arabic:حملة فريزر) was an operation by the Royal Navy and the British Army during the Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809) of the Napoleonic Wars to capture Alexandria in Egypt with the purpose of securing a base of operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean Sea. [1]

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Al Hamed

Al Hamed is a town in Egypt near Rosetta.

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Alexander Mackenzie Fraser

Lieutenant General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser (1758 – 13 September 1809) was a British General.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (or; Arabic: الإسكندرية; Egyptian Arabic: إسكندرية; Ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ; Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ) is the second-largest city in Egypt and a major economic centre, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country.

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Anglo-Turkish War (1807–09)

The Anglo-Turkish War was a conflict took place during the Napoleonic Wars between 1807 and 1809.

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David Richard Morier

David Richard Morier (1784–1877) was an English diplomat.

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Egyptian War

Egyptian War may refer to.

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HMS Apollo (1805)

HMS Apollo, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a fifth-rate frigate of the ''Lively'' class, carrying 38 guns, launched in 1805 and broken up in 1856.

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HMS Canopus (1798)

HMS Canopus was an 84-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy.

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HMS Delight (1806)

HMS Delight was a British Royal Navy 16-gun brig-sloop of the ''Seagull'' class launched in June 1806, six months late.

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HMS Pompee (1793)

HMS Pompee was a 74-gun ship of the line of the British Royal Navy.

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HMS Repulse (1803)

HMS Repulse was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 July 1803 at Deptford.

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HMS Royal George (1788)

HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Chatham Dockyard on 16 September 1788.

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HMS Thunderer (1783)

HMS Thunderer was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the Wells brother's shipyard in Rotherhithe and launched on 13 November 1783.

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HMS Windsor Castle (1790)

HMS Windsor Castle was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 May 1790 at Deptford Dockyard.

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Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

Ibrahim Pasha (Kavalalı İbrahim Paşa, 1789 – November 10, 1848) was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.

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John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland

General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (2 February 1784 – 16 October 1859), styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.

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John Fox Burgoyne

Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer.

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John Oswald (British Army officer)

General Sir John Oswald (2 October 1771 – 8 June 1840) was a prominent British Army officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service was conducted in seven different theatres of war.

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Joshua Gregory

Joshua Gregory (1790 – 20 August 1838) was an early settler in colonial Western Australia.

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List of conflicts in Egypt

This is a list of conflicts in Egypt arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times.

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List of conflicts in the Near East

The area known as the "Near East" is usually referred to as Middle East in modern contexts.

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List of wars 1800–1899

This articles provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.

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List of wars involving Egypt

This list is about wars involving Egypt.

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Muhammad Ali's seizure of power

The process of Muhammad Ali's seizure of power in Egypt was a long three-way civil war between the Ottoman Turks, Egyptian Mamluks who had ruled Egypt for centuries, and Albanian mercenaries in the service of the Ottomans.

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Naval campaigns, operations and battles of the Napoleonic Wars

The naval campaigns, operations and battles of the Napoleonic Wars were events during the period of World-wide warfare between 1802 and 1814 that were undertaken by European powers in support of their land-based strategies.

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Richard Dacres (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Richard Dacres (September 1761 – 22 January 1837) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends.

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Rosetta

Rosetta (رشيد; Rosette; ⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ Rashit) is a port city of the Nile Delta, located east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate.

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Royal Sicilian Regiment

The Sicilian Regiment (also known as The Royal Sicilian Regiment of Foot) was a light infantry regiment recruited from Sicily that served with the British Army during the Napoleonic wars, from 1806 to its disbandment in 1816.

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Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet

Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB (9 February 1748 – 31 August 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement.

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Thomas Keith (soldier)

Thomas Keith (c. 1793 - 1815) was a Scottish soldier, captured in Egypt while fighting for the United Kingdom.

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Thomas Louis

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Baronet (bap. 11 May 1758 – 17 May 1807) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw action during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Timeline of the Adriatic campaign of 1807–14

The Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 was a struggle for supremacy in the Adriatic Sea between the French Navy and the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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William Stewart (British Army officer, born 1774)

Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart, GCB (10 January 1774 – 7 January 1827) was a British military officer who was the first Commanding Officer of the Rifle Corps, a Division Commander in the Peninsular War and a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament.

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20th Light Dragoons

The 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot

The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702.

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35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot

The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1701.

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78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

The 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line, raised in 1793.

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First Anglo-Egyptian war, Fraser Expedition, Fraser campaign.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_expedition_of_1807

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