 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bonaparte akatanga neuto revarume 13 000; 1 500 vakashumwa kuti vakanga vasipo, 1 200 vakafa muhondo, uye zviuru zvakaparadzwa nehosha - zvikurukuru denda rebubonic. Akakundikana kuderedza nhare yeAcre, naizvozvo akafamba nehondo yake kudzokera kuEgipita muna May. Kuti akurumidze kudzokera shure, Bonaparte akarayira kuti varume vakanga vabatwa nedenda vaputirwe neopium; nhamba yevakafa inoramba ichipokanwa, ichibva pavanenge 30 kusvika pavanenge 580. Akabudisawo varume 1 000 vakanga vakuvara. Kudzokera kuEgypt musi wa25 Chikunguru, Bonaparte akakunda maOttoman amphibious invasion paAbukir. 