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Beni Adi


Battle Name : Beni Adi

Date(s) : 01 May 1799

Part of : The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign ,

Outcome : A victory for French Cavalry over Egyptian Army

Type of battle : Land

Summary

A small engagement between the French cavalry under Davout and twice their number of Egyptian peasant infantry. The number of Egyptian dead is not known but was said to have been 'considerable' little short of a massacre.

Location

An Egyptian village 5 miles west of the river Nile about 19 miles northwest of Asynt. (Egypt)

Casualty figures

French Cavalry

Number engaged :
1,000

Casualties :
8 (0.80%)

Egyptian Army

Number engaged :
2,000

Casualties :
n/a