3. Support and guidance from the government was hampered by the size of the Empire. It took at least four weeks to get a response from the throne. Because of this the Seventeen Provinces often acted without permission from the throne.
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5. 1798-1801 NAPOLEAN’S EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNE Muhammad of the west Napoleon Bonaparte led a campaign into Egypt to damage British trade in the eastern Mediterranean and threaten British India. Napoleon viewed himself as a liberator of the Egyptians from the Ottoman Empire rather than as a conqueror.
8. July 20, 1798 – The French are victorious in the Battle of the pyramids.
9. July 22, 1798 – Officials in Cairo surrender the city.
10. August 1, 1798 – The British navy attacks the French naval fleet during the Battle of the Nile. The Mediterranean Sea is put under British control.
12. October 22, 1798 – Inhabitants of Cairo revolted. Napoleon quelled the revolt with theuse of the army.
13. January to April 1799 – Napoleon traveled to Syria to fight the Ottoman army in battles at Arish, Jaffa, Mount Tabor, and Acre.
14. July 25, 1799 – Back in Egypt, the Ottoman and French armies meet in the Battle of Aboukir. The French army prevails and takes high-ranking prisoners on a triumphant procession through Cairo.
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