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he other was to disrupt British communications and influence in the Near East. The French armada landed Napoleon's force successfully at the beaches near Alexandria which it successfully stormed. Napoleon learned the special kind of logistical support needed for an army to survive in the desert. Napoleon's forces adapted to the exigencies of desert warfare. They won a series of major battles against indigenous forces. All this was, however, in vain because Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet anchored at Abukir Bay off Alexandria on

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