French Army of the East

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
French Army of the East canonical 4
French Army of the Orient 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary force ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Armée d’Orient ⓘ
associatedWith French savants in Egypt ⓘ
Institut d’Égypte ⓘ
battle Battle of Abukir (1799) ⓘ
Battle of Heliopolis ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
Battle of the Pyramids ⓘ
Siege of Acre ⓘ
commander Jacques-François Menou ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
French campaign in Egypt and Syria ⓘ
country French First Republic ⓘ
disbandedFollowing Convention of El Arish ⓘ
French capitulation in 1801 ⓘ
endTime 1801 ⓘ
formedFor Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition ⓘ
garrison Alexandria ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
leaderTitle General-in-Chief ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
notableCommander Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
notableEvent Napoleon’s departure from Egypt in 1799 ⓘ
notableOutcome beginning of modern European Egyptology ⓘ
objective conquest of Egypt ⓘ
control of Eastern Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
threaten British interests in India ⓘ
opponent Mamluk forces ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Army ⓘ
relatedTo Mediterranean strategy of Revolutionary France ⓘ
Napoleonic campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Wars
result French withdrawal from Egypt ⓘ
startTime 1798 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
timePeriod early 1800s ⓘ
late 1790s ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Battle of Abukir (1799) → combatantStrength → French Army of the East ⓘ
Siege of Akko (1799) → attacker → French Army of the Orient ⓘ
linked to: French Army of the East
Battle of Alexandria → combatantStrength → French Army of the East ⓘ
Raglan’s army → alliedWith → French Army of the East ⓘ
British field army in Crimea → alliedWith → French Army of the East ⓘ