The Alexandria expedition of 1807, also known as the Fraser expedition,, was an unsuccessful attempt by the British to capture the Egyptian city of Alexandria during the Anglo-Turkish War. The aim was to secure a base of operations against the Ottoman Empire and the French Empire in the Mediterranean Sea. It was part of a larger strategy against the Ottoman-French alliance of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III.

Rosetta or Rashid is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.