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Mediterranean campaign of 1798

  • French invasion of MaltaNapoleon Bonaparte led the French First Republic in a campaign that targeted Malta in June 1798. The island was then ruled by the Knights Hospitaller, an…
  • Battle of the NileIn the spring of 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte assembled more than 35,000 soldiers in Mediterranean France and Italy. He developed a powerful fleet at Toulon to…