It would resort to the army to maintain order in the face of the Jacobin and royalist threats, and count in particular on General Bonaparte, already a successful commander, having led the Italian campaign. Preparations and voyage Proposal Īt the time of the invasion, the Directory had assumed executive power in France. Despite early victories and an initially successful expedition into Syria, Napoleon and his Armée d'Orient were eventually defeated and forced to withdraw, especially after suffering the defeat of the supporting French fleet by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile. On the scientific front, the expedition eventually led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, creating the field of Egyptology. The campaign ended in defeat for Napoleon, leading to the withdrawal of French troops from the region. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, a series of naval engagements that included the capture of Malta and the Greek island Crete, later arriving in the Port of Alexandria. The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region. Capitulation of French administration in Egypt.
Formal end of the Franco-Ottoman alliance.
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