Lot 10020 – 1801 (6.8) Folded entire from written on board His Majesty’s Ship Europa, Egypt, sent to Scotland

1801 (6.8) Folded entire from written on board His Majesty’s Ship Europa, Egypt to Kirkmichael in Ayrshire, Scotland, bearing oval “Ship Lre / PORTSMOUTH” black hs, the contents of the letter describes the battle for Alexandria and travels up the Nile, an interesting historical showpiece.

Note: The Battle of Alexandria, or Battle of Canope, was fought on 21 March 1801 between the army of Napoleon‘s French First Republic under General Jacques-François Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercromby. The battle took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria after the actions of Abukir on 8 March and Mandora on 13 March. The fighting was part of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria against the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1798.