Battle of the Nile

 Battle of Aboukir bay: the french are anchored in line next to the coast with shoals in front while the british come from windward to conquer the enemy fleet and leave Bonaparte stranded in Egypt

 Admiral Brueys in his imponent 100 gun first rate: l'Orient

 Nelson leds the fleet aboard HMS Vanguard

 First to open the ball are the tars, damaging the french vanguard

 The republicains attack the enemy instead of remaining in line

 Return fire causes little damage upon His Majesty's Ships

 In the british vanguard Nelson comes under heavy fire and his ship surrenders

 Mid action shot of the game

 Meanwhile Brueys is busy with a boarding action

 The french go for the hand to hand to counter the british superior gunnery

 But not all goes according to plan

 French ships gang up on lone brits to force the issue

 The french frigates have sailed over the shoals and enveloped the english line

 A solitary brig is blown to pieces by the enemy

 Brueys finishes off his opponent and sails seeking new targets

 The brits are overpowerd by the enemy masses

 In the vanguard the mauled french launch grappling hooks

 This boarding action goes against the republicans, losing a ship that has been ravaged by artillery fire

 Concentrated fire also destroys this ship of the line

 The vanguard combat goes awry as more and more british ships come to help

 And the french strike their flags

 Another vessel is lost

 After a frigate comes to the rescue a surrounded british finally gives up

 l'Orient would have surrendered but for another frigate that arrived to save the admiral

 Finally another british man o' war surrenders under fire from four french ships

 Overview at the end of the battle

Incredibly the french have pulled off a win killing one more ship than the brits!