On the night of the 1st of July, without waiting for the artillery or the cavalry to land, Bonaparte marched on Alexandria at the head of 4,000 to 5,000 men. The French were divided into three columns, on the left, Menou attacked the "triangular fort", where he received seven wounds, while Kléber was in the center, in which he received a bullet in the forehead but was only wounded, and Louis André Bon on the right attacked the city gates. Alexandria was defended by Koraim Pasha and 500 men. However, after a rather lively shooting in the city, the French took control of the city by 2 July.