Only Great Britain remained at war despite half-hearted overtures for peace in 1797, the British now displayed a renewed determination, as Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger looked to bankroll a second anti-French coalition. A New Alexanderīy the end of 1797, the French Republic was dominant in Western Europe, having defeated almost all its enemies in the War of the First Coalition. The expedition also led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the birth of modern Egyptology. Despite initial French victories, the campaign ultimately ended in failure, and Egypt remained under Ottoman control. The French Expedition to Egypt and Syria (1798-1801), led by Napoleon Bonaparte, aimed to establish a French colony in Egypt and to threaten British possessions in India.
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