. "2500"^^ . "Unknown"@en . . . . "United Kingdom"@en . "900"^^ . . . . "Napoleonic Wars and campaigns of Muhammad Ali of Egypt"@en . . . . "Egyptian victory\nBritish forces defeated and Mohammed Ali seized power in Egypt."@en . "Unknown"@en . "General Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser"@en . . "Alexandria expedition of 1807"@en . . "Alexandria expedition of 1807"@en . . . "The British forces wanted to secure a base of operations in the strategically important Mediterranean Sea."@en . "Alexandria and North of Egypt"@en . . "The Alexandria expedition of 1807 or Fraser expedition (Arabic:\u062D\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0641\u0631\u064A\u0632\u0631) was an operation by the Royal Navy and the British Army during the Anglo-Turkish War (1807\u20131809) of the Napoleonic Wars to capture Alexandria in Egypt with the purpose of securing a base of operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of a larger strategy against the Ottoman-French alliance of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III. The people of Alexandria, being disaffected towards Muhammad Ali, opened the gates of the city to the British forces, allowing for one of the easiest conquests of a city by the British forces during the Napoleonic Wars. However, due to lack of supplies, and inconclusive operations against the Egyptian forces, the Expedition was forced to embark the transports again"@en . "Egypt"@en . . . . . . . "The Alexandria expedition of 1807 or Fraser expedition (Arabic:\u062D\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0641\u0631\u064A\u0632\u0631) was an operation by the Royal Navy and the British Army during the Anglo-Turkish War (1807\u20131809) of the Napoleonic Wars to capture Alexandria in Egypt with the purpose of securing a base of operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of a larger strategy against the Ottoman-French alliance of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III. The people of Alexandria, being disaffected towards Muhammad Ali, opened the gates of the city to the British forces, allowing for one of the easiest conquests of a city by the British forces during the Napoleonic Wars. However, due to lack of supplies, and inconclusive operations against the Egyptian forces, the Expedition was forced to embark the transports again, and leave Alexandria, not having reached any specific goals towards influencing the Ottoman Empire's improving relations with France."@en .