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French invasion of Malta
Part of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Engraving depicting Malta's capitulation to Napoleon
Date10–12 June 1798 (2 days)
Location
Malta and Gozo
35°53′N 14°27′E / 35.883°N 14.450°E / 35.883; 14.450
Result French victory
Territorial
changes
French occupation of Malta
Belligerents
French invasion of Malta France

French invasion of Malta Malta

  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights Hospitaller / Order of St. John
Commanders and leaders
French invasion of Malta Napoleon Bonaparte
First French Empire Jean-Andoche Junot
First French Empire Louis Desaix
First French Empire Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers
First French Empire Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois
First French Empire Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier
French invasion of Malta Ferdinand von Hompesch  Surrendered
War of the Second Coalition:
Egypt and Syria
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Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) on 16 April 1799
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Siege of Acre (1799) from 20 March to 21 May 1799
Jaffa
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Siege of Jaffa from 3 to 7 March 1799
Cairo
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Battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798 Revolt of Cairo from 21 to 22 October 1798 Napoleon's return to France Siege of Cairo from May to June 1801
Alexandria
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Battle of the Nile from 1 to 3 August 1798 Napoleon's return to France from 23 August to 9 October 1799 Siege of Alexandria (1801) from 17 August to 2 September 1801
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  Napoleon in command till 23 August 1799

The French invasion of Malta (Maltese: Invażjoni Franċiża ta' Malta, French: Débarquement Français à Malte) was the successful invasion of the islands of Malta and Gozo, then ruled by the Order of St. John, by the French First Republic led by Napoleon Bonaparte in June 1798 as part of the Mediterranean campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.

The initial landings were met with some resistance from both the Order and the Maltese militia, but in less than a day the French had taken control of the entire Maltese archipelago except for the well-fortified harbour area that included the capital Valletta. The Order had the means to withstand a siege, but a series of circumstances including discontent among its own French members as well as the native Maltese population led to a truce which ended with the capitulation of the Order.

The invasion therefore ended the 268-year-long Hospitaller rule in Malta, and it resulted in the French occupation of Malta. A few months after the invasion, discontent due to reforms that were taking place led to an uprising, which evolved into a blockade of the French garrison by Maltese insurgents aided by the British, Neapolitans and Portuguese. The blockade lasted for two years, and ended with the French surrendering to the British in 1800, making Malta a protectorate and initiating 164 years of British rule.

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