The sand matched the sand found on the present-day beaches of Abukir and not the silt that subsequently covered the sea bottom.
12.
The archaeologists and geologists will return to the Bay of Abukir next spring to search for more clues of what sank the city of Herakleion.
13.
Keith then used his ships to reduce the castle at the entrance of Abukir Bay, which eventually fell to the British on 18 March 1801.
14.
In the fleet of Toulon, " Junon " took part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, running aground upon her arrival at Abukir.
15.
Some Ottomans drowned trying to swim to the British ships two miles away from shore, while others fled to Abukir castle, but they surrendered shortly thereafter.
16.
The debarkation of the troops at Abukir, in the face of strenuous opposition, is justly ranked among the most daring and brilliant exploits of the British army.
17.
Britain took the opportunity to ally with the Ottoman Empire in order to repel Napoleon's invasion, intervening military as during the Battle of Abukir in 1801.
18.
Napoleon was initially defeated by the Ottoman Empire and Britain at the Battle of Abukir in 1801; by 1802, the French were completely vanquished in the Middle East.
19.
Once three feet above sea level, Herakleion now lies buried about 20 feet below the surface in the sediments of the Bay of Abukir off the north coast of Egypt.
20.
The 79th Foot landed in Egypt as part of an expeditionary force to prevent French control of the land route to India and saw action at the Battle of Abukir in March 1801.
