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Kléber, Jean Baptiste (zhäN bätēst' klābĕr'), 1753-1800, French general, b. Strasbourg. A trained architect, he attended military school in Munich and served in the Austrian army from 1777 to 1783. In 1789 he entered the French National Guard. He fought with distinction in the French Revolutionary Wars and crushed the 1793 royalist uprising in the Vendée. He accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt in 1798. Left in command when Napoleon returned (1799) to France, Kléber defeated (Mar., 1800) the Ottomans at Heliopolis, near Cairo, and recaptured Cairo. He was assassinated (June) at Cairo by an opponent of French rule.
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1753 - 1800

French general.

Jean-Baptiste Kléber accompanied General Napoléon Bonaparte to Egypt in 1798, and was placed in command of the expeditionary force of France after Napoléon's departure in 1799. Kléber then negotiated the terms of the French evacuation with Britain's Admiral Sidney Smith, but when the British government refused the terms, Kléber attempted to reconquer Egypt. He defeated an Anglo - Turkish army at Heliopolis in 1800 and took Cairo, but was then assassinated by an Egyptian.

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Anderson, M. S. The Eastern Question, 1774 - 1923: A Study inInternational Relations. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's, 1966.

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