Which sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone explains why Napoleon and his men were temporarily trapped in Egypt in 1798?
A
Napoleon’s army captured the city of Alexandria by storm on July 1, 1798, and rapidly overran the Nile Delta.B
On August 1 the British surprised the French fleet at anchor near Alexandria and completely destroyed it.C
For the next year, the army fended off [resisted] attacks by the Turks, who had formerly ruled Egypt.D
Then, in August 1799, Napoleon evaded [escaped] the British naval blockade and returned with a new companion to France to deal with problems there.