So how do you think France could win the battle of the nile? Also, in a scenario where France does win the battle, and let's say, Nelson is killed, how does that effect future events.
AFAIK the French got chuught by surprise (English attacking late in the afternoon whe it already went dark). If the English arrived just an hour later they "might" have waited for the next morning. This would have been time enough to recall the foraging parties (4k French sailors missed the battle because they were still on land).