Battle of Heliopolis (1800)
| Battle of Heliopolis | |||||||
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| Part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria | |||||||
The Battle of Heliopolis Léon Cogniet, 1837 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jean-Baptiste Kléber |
Nassif Pasha Ibrahim Bey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 600 killed or wounded | 9,000 killed, wounded or captured | ||||||
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The Battle of Heliopolis was fought between the French Armée d'Orient under the command of General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and an Ottoman army at Heliopolis on 20 March 1800. The French were victorious, inflicting over 9,000 casualties on the Ottomans while suffering only 600 killed or wounded.