the Battle of the Nile
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- a sea battle fought in 1798 between the British and the French near Alexandria in Egypt. The British under Nelson won an important victory, trapping the army of Napoleon in Egypt and gaining control of the Mediterranean for Britain.
尼罗河之战：1798年，英国人和法国人在埃及亚历山大附近的海战。纳尔逊统治下的英国人赢得了重要的胜利，将拿破仑的军队困在埃及，并控制了英国的地中海。