'Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile'

This vignette aerial view of the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, was published in the first issue of the 'Naval Chronicle' in 1799, effectively as plate III (f. p 42) although numbering did not start until plate V. A brief note on p. 42 states that the view is taken from the south-east looking west, with Rosetta in the distance beyond the Aboukir Fort. Later in the year, facing p. 521, the same journal published a 'Chart of the Bay of Aboukir', with a battle plan related to this illustration. This was also drawn up by Pocock from information supplied by both a French and British officer present.