Army of the Orient

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The Army of the Orient was Napoleon Bonaparte’s French expeditionary force sent to conquer Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean during the late 1790s.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Armée d’Orient 2
Army of Egypt 1

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Pyramids → FrenchArmy → Army of the Orient ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée d’Orient
Louis Desaix → associatedWith → Army of the Orient ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée d’Orient
Battle of Abukir (1799) → commandStructure → Army of the Orient ⓘ
Jacques-François Menou → commanded → Army of the Orient ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army of Egypt