He pushed forward up the nile in order to capture the vital crossroads at El Rahmaniya, thus cutting off the French general, Jacques-François Menou, from the interior of Egypt.

[1] The Allied troops received reinforcements of 600 Syrian cavalry from the Grand Vizier, although they were undisciplined and barely armed.

[12] The French retreated to their boats, which were covered by batteries on an island that guarded the entrance to El Rahmaniya.

[13] On the west bank of the Nile at noon, a French cavalry force left the town to meet the Allies.

Langrage had evacuated from El Rahmaniya, scuttling his remaining gunboats, throwing his artillery on the river, destroying his ammunition, and leaving 110 men to protect the sick and wounded who had surrendered to the allies.