Siege of El Arish

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Siege of El Arish
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date 8–20 February 1799 Location El Arish, Egypt, Ottoman Empire 31°07′56″N 33°48′12″E / 31.1321°N 33.8034°E / 31.1321; 33.8034 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Jean Kléber Jean Reynier	Abdullah Pasha  (POW)
Strength
2,460	15,500
Casualties and losses
403 killed and wounded[1]	1,200 killed and wounded 1,800 captured[2]

The siege of El Arish was a successful siege by French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte against Ottoman forces under Mustafa Pasha. The French army, commanded by Jean Baptiste Kléber and Jean Reynier laid siege to the fortress of El Arish for nine days. The fortress finally fell to the French on 20 February 1799.