The Battle of the Nile, also known as The Battle of Aboukir (Abukir) Bay

The French:

France threatened Britain's Position in India by invading Egypt. It was also a cultural expedition that included scientists and teachers. L'Orient was the French flagship.

The British:

A British naval fleet made up of fourteen ships that was led by Horatio Nelson attacked the seventeen French ships being used for the invasion. The flagship for the British was the Vangaurd with 74 guns. Nelson was wounded at the height of the action, when a piece of shrapnel struck him on the forehead causing a flap of skin to fall over his good eye.

*Flagship

The Effect of the Battle on War:

It galvanised the opponents of France, and encouraged them to form the Second Coalition, thus breathing new life into a war that had almost come to a standstill following the remarkable successes of the French armies.

The Battle of the Nile had several important effects. It isolated Napoleon's army in Egypt, thus ensuring its ultimate disintegration. It ensured that in due time Malta would be retaken from the French, and it both heightened British prestige and secured British control of the Mediterranean.