The Battle of Aboukir, Egypt mb-artistname George Charles Aid off Fleet Street

off Fleet Street

View of the Wall of London on Tower Hill

the reverse side changes to a view of Temple Bar during Queen Victoria's visit to the City of London in 1837

resulting in a long convalescence period

The Battle of Aboukir, Egypt mb-artistname George Charles Aid off Fleet StreetThe Battle of Aboukir, Egypt, 1801. The result of sea power. A force of 5000 British troops landed on the beach at Abu Qir on 8th March 1801. They succeeded in dislodging an entrenched French army of 2000 men, but suffered heavy casualties in the process, with their commander, General Sir Ralph Abercromby amongst the dead. A print from Fifteen Decisive Battles of British History, printed and published by Charles Letts and Co, London.