The Battle of the Nile aka the Battle of Aboukir Bay, 1798. Early in the fight the largest French ship L'Orient caught fire, and the flames spreading to her powder magazine, the ship blew up. From British History in Periods, published 1904.
The Battle of the Nile aka the Battle of Aboukir Bay, 1798. Early in the fight the largest French ship L'Orient caught fire, and the flames spreading to her powder magazine, the ship blew up. From British History in Periods, published 1904.
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