"Marmaris Bay 1800-01" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Apr 2025 4:12 p.m. PST |
"I am writing this as I look out on Marmaris Bay in Turkey. This city in modern-day Türkiye has a lot of historical interest, but the descent of 16,000 British troops here in 1800-01 is a lesser-known event.
Britain and the Ottoman Empire were often allied during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars if we overlook Admiral Duckworth's excursion up the Dardanelles in a failed attempt to bombard Constantinople! Napoleon's invasion of Egypt caused a breach in the normally positive Ottoman-French relationship. That act brought General Abercromby and his troops to Marmaris Bay not to invade but to prepare for an amphibious assault on Egypt.
The British government intended the expedition to sail directly to Egypt. However, Abercromby had 1270 sick soldiers and needed supplies and small craft. The sloop Petrel (Captain Inglis) caught up with the fleet (Admiral Keith and 120 ships) off Rhodes and brought them to Marmaris. There was a precedent for this. In 1798, Admiral Nelson assembled his fleet in the harbour at Marmaris before setting sail for Egypt and the Battle of the Nile…"
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