In the early spring of 1801 General
Friant, commanding approximately 2000 French along with 10 guns,
obstructed the British amphibious landing at Abukir, near the Nile
Delta, causing serious casualties amongst the Redcoats assembling on the
beach.
Under the hot Mediterranean sun, enduring a fierce bombardment, the British managed to gather enough men, send them forward with the bayonet and force the French away from the heights commanding the landing area. This campaign ultimately led to the French surrender at Alexandria on September 2nd and their ejection from Egypt (and, as part of the spoils, securing the Rosetta Stone for the British).
This
small 28mm vignette is from Brigade Games. The palm tree is home-made:
wire wrapped with medical gauze, painted and then topped with hot-glued
artificial leaves (my thanks to Brian H for the recipe for this).
The group images show some mounted troopers from the French Dromedary Corps which I painted last year. The obelisks are from Scotia Grendel the desert mat is from the good folks over at Barrage Miniatures.
