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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Label Occurrences
Armée d’Orient 3
Army of the Orient canonical 2
Army of Egypt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French military unit
expeditionary force
allegiance France
associatedEvent French occupation of Egypt
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign
baseOfOperations Cairo
commander Napoleon Bonaparte
commandStructure under overall command of General Napoleon Bonaparte
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria
country French First Republic
createdBy French Directory
dissolved 1801
historicalEra French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era
inception 1798
includedBranch artillery
cavalry
engineers
infantry
includedPersonnelType artists
engineers
scientists
includedUnit Institut d’Égypte
languageOfCommand French
notableBattle Battle of the Pyramids
Siege of Akko (1799)
surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)

Siege of Jaffa
notableCommander Napoleon Bonaparte
notableFor combining military and scientific expedition
spreading French influence in the Eastern Mediterranean
objective conquest of Egypt
threaten British interests in India
operatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt
Ottoman Empire
opposedBy Mamluk forces
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
partOf French Revolutionary Army
resultOfCampaign eventual French withdrawal from Egypt
strength approximately 35,000 soldiers
successorForce French forces under General Jacques-François Menou
French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber
theaterOfWar Middle East
North Africa
timePeriod late 18th century

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