TheFrench Revolutionary Wars continued in 1801 with the French bringing the war against theSecond Coalition to a close.
By 16 January, the Austrians signed theArmistice of Treviso in Italy. On 9 February, they signed theTreaty of Lunéville, ending the war on the continent. The war against the United Kingdom continued (with Neapolitan harbours closed to her by theTreaty of Florence, signed on 28 March). A British expedition landed in Egypt in March, fighting theBattle of Abukir,[1] theBattle of Alexandria and layingsiege to Alexandria.[2] The French surrender there on 2 September ended theircampaign in Egypt and Syria which had begun in 1798.[3]
The naval war also continued, with the United Kingdom maintaining a blockade of France by sea. Russia,Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden formed theSecond League of Armed Neutrality to prevent their shipping from being searched by the Royal Navy. British AdmiralHoratio Nelson attacked the Danish fleet in harbor at theBattle of Copenhagen, destroying much of the fleet of one of France's more steady allies during the period.[4] Nelson continued into theBaltic Sea to attack the Russian fleet at Reval (Tallinn) but had to withdraw to allow negotiations.[5]
Off Gibraltar, the outnumbered French squadron underLinois rebuffed a first British attack underSaumarez in thefirst battle of Algeciras, capturing a ship of the line.[6] In thesecond battle of Algeciras, four days later, the British captured a French ship and sank two Spanish, killing around 2000 mostly Spanish seamen for the loss of 12 British.[7]
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