Crossword-Solution: ABUKIR
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| Bay of Nelson's battle of the Nile, 1798. | 1 answer |
| Egypt bay | 1 answer |
| Mideast bay | 1 answer |
| NILE River bay | 1 answer |
| AFRICAN bay | 8 answers |
| Bay | 67 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENOCAR
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ABUKIR (5)
Meanwhile, the fleet was anchored in the road of Abukir, and Bonaparte ordered Brueys to see to it that this question should be speedily decided, and to proceed to Corfu if it should be ascertained that the ships could not enter the harbour of Alexandria.
The English frigate, having made her observations, rejoined Nelson, who, being informed of all the particulars, immediately stood in for Abukir, and arrived there August 1, 1798, at about six oclock in the evening.
Such was the famous battle of Abukir, the most disastrous that the French had ever sustained, and involved the most far-reaching consequences.
These two armies were to act simultaneously in the spring of 1799, the one by landing at Abukir near Alexandria, the other by crossing the desert which separates Syria from Egypt.
This army, put on board numerous transports and escorted by Sir Sidney Smiths squadron, appeared on July 11th in sight of Alexandria, and came to anchor in the road of Abukir, where the French squadron had been destroyed.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1952).