Short answers, pulled from the story.
Napoleon proposed the annexation of Egypt as part of a wider plan to weaken British interests in Asia. He hoped to use Egypt as the first step in taking Constantinople, then to invade India and attack British possessions there.
The battle occurred on the 25th of July 1799 when Napoleon ordered an attack on the Ottoman army after arriving near Aboukir on the 24th of July.
Two thousand Ottoman soldiers died on the battlefield and eleven thousand men drowned while attempting to swim to ships off the coast.
Thirty-year-old officer of Albanian descent Muhammed Ali was among the Ottomans rescued from the water by Smith and he would rule and transform Egypt six years later.
Napoleon read intercepted newspapers confirming the grave political situation of France in Europe where almost all Italian territories were captured by Austrians. He decided to abandon Egypt to return to Paris after receiving a summons from the directory.