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A key battle of the Scylla Crusade, the Battle of the Pyramids saw the shattering of Eldar hopes of victory in the Scylla sub-sector at the hands of Kitchener and General Moltke's Hibernians. It also saw the first combat appearance of the Twelvers in the Agrippa Sector.

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  • Battle of the Pyramids
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  • A key battle of the Scylla Crusade, the Battle of the Pyramids saw the shattering of Eldar hopes of victory in the Scylla sub-sector at the hands of Kitchener and General Moltke's Hibernians. It also saw the first combat appearance of the Twelvers in the Agrippa Sector.
  • The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces of the local Mamluk rulers. It occurred during France's Egyptian Campaign and was the battle where Napoleon put into use one of his significant contributions to tactics, the massive divisional square. Actually a rectangle, the first and second demi-brigades of the division formed the front and rear faces, while the third demi-brigade formed the two sides.
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  • 20000(xsd:integer)
  • 25000(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the French Revolutionary Wars
Date
  • 1798-07-21(xsd:date)
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Caption
  • The Battle of the Pyramids, Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, 1808.
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Casualties
  • 29(xsd:integer)
  • 20000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Decisive French victory
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  • 22(xsd:integer)
  • Ottoman Empire
  • French Republic
Place
  • Embabeh, near Cairo, Ottoman Egypt
Conflict
  • Battle of the Pyramids
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  • The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces of the local Mamluk rulers. It occurred during France's Egyptian Campaign and was the battle where Napoleon put into use one of his significant contributions to tactics, the massive divisional square. Actually a rectangle, the first and second demi-brigades of the division formed the front and rear faces, while the third demi-brigade formed the two sides. Napoleon named the battle after the Egyptian pyramids, because they were faintly visible on the horizon when the battle took place.
  • A key battle of the Scylla Crusade, the Battle of the Pyramids saw the shattering of Eldar hopes of victory in the Scylla sub-sector at the hands of Kitchener and General Moltke's Hibernians. It also saw the first combat appearance of the Twelvers in the Agrippa Sector.
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