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Kléber's Command and Preceding Campaign
- When
- 20 March – 14 June 1800
- Where
- Egypt and Cairo
After Napoleon's 1799 departure, Kléber led French forces in Egypt, defeating a larger Ottoman army at Heliopolis on 20 March 1800 and suppressing a Cairo revolt.
Following Napoleon's return to France in 1799, Kléber was appointed commander of all French forces in Egypt. Although he had only 10,000 men against 60,000 Turks, his forces utterly defeated the Ottomans on 20 March 1800 at Heliopolis. He then returned to Cairo and suppressed another revolt against French rule, establishing the context in which he was assassinated three months later.
Sources
- Jean-Baptiste Kléber Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-28
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