#aboukir bay

[illustratus]

The Destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798. British boats rescue French survivors as L'Orient sinks in flames by Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger

[paintingsandhistory]

The Battle of the Nile, 1st August, 1798

Artist: John Thomas Serres (English, 1759-1825)

Date: c. 1798-1825

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom

Description

Nelson destroyed the French fleet under Admiral Brueys at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1798. The battle began in the evening and ended at midnight. L'Orient caught fire at 9.30 pm and blew up at 10pm. At left can be seen a frigate, dark against the glow.

[bantarleton]

British line infantry land under fire at Aboukir Bay on 8 March 1801. By Aleksandr Yezhov

[cantstopthinkingcomics]

The Battle of the Nile by William Lionel Wyllie, 1899.

[ltwilliammowett]

Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay 1798, by Ivan Berryman 2016

[illustratus]

The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798

by Eduardo de Martino

[bantarleton]

Battle of Aboukir Bay March 8th 1801 by Philip James de Loutherbourg.

[rorafa]

E is for Embabeh

E is for Embabeh

My 2017 theme is “The History of Kanata”, the parallel world that is the setting for “Eagle Passage, and the theme reveal is here. I also wrote about this world in my blog post ‘This could be Kanata.

E is for Embabeh: In 1798, the French Republic sought to capture Egypt as the first stage to threaten Albion-Norse trade in the East, and thus force them to make peace. Napoleon Bonaparte’s first…

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