Landing troops, near Aboukir, British soldiers and naval crew landing on a heavily defended beach, near Aboukir in 1801. The landing was under the dir

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Landing troops, near Aboukir, British soldiers and naval crew landing on a heavily defended beach, near Aboukir in 1801. The landing was under the direction of Captain Cochrane of the ship, Ajax. This action occured during the Napoleonic wars. Image taken from Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes of particular incidents which occurred to the armies of Great Britain and her allies in the last ...war, etc. Originally published in E. Orme: London, 1819. Author Edward Orme, Illustrated by J A Atkinson, M Dubourg.

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