Napoleon’s Syrian campaign

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Napoleon’s Syrian campaign was a 1799 military offensive by Napoleon Bonaparte into Ottoman-controlled Syria, marked by initial advances, brutal sieges such as Jaffa and Acre, and eventual retreat due to fierce resistance and disease.

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instanceOf French military operation
military campaign
causeOfRetreat disease among French forces
fierce Ottoman and British-supported resistance
logistical difficulties
followedBy French retreat to Egypt
hasBattle Siege of Jaffa
surface form: Battle of Jaffa

Battle of Mount Tabor
Siege of Acre
Battle of Al-Arish
surface form: Siege of El Arish

Siege of Jaffa
hasBelligerent British Empire
French Republic
Mamluk forces
Ottoman Empire
hasCasualties high French casualties from combat and disease
hasCommander Napoleon Bonaparte
hasCountryInvolved France
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
hasEndDate 1799-06-01
hasHistoricalPeriod French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: French Revolutionary era
hasLocation Acre
El Arish
Gaza City
surface form: Gaza

Jaffa
Galilee
surface form: Nazareth region
hasObjective to expand French influence in the Middle East
to threaten British interests in the Eastern Mediterranean
hasOpponentCommander Jezzar Pasha
Ottoman commanders
Sidney Smith
hasStartDate 1799-02-18
hasStrategicImpact halted French advance into Ottoman Syria
limited French threat to British routes to India
hasTheatre Levant region
surface form: Levant

Ottoman Syria
hasYear 1799
notableFor brutal siege of Jaffa
failure of French siege artillery against Acre’s defenses
mass execution of Ottoman prisoners at Jaffa
severe outbreak of plague among French troops
partOf French Revolutionary Wars
French campaign in Syria
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria
precededBy Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: French invasion of Egypt
result French failure to capture Acre
French retreat to Egypt
Ottoman strategic success

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French campaign in Syria alsoKnownAs Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
Siege of Jaffa partOf Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: Napoleon’s Middle Eastern campaign
Siege of Jaffa hasCategory Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: Napoleonic campaigns in the Middle East
Battle of Al-Arish timePeriod Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: Napoleonic campaigns in the Middle East
Battle of Mount Tabor partOf Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
Battle of Cana campaign Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign
Siege of Akko (1799) partOf Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Siege of Akko (1799) partOf Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
this entity surface form: Napoleon’s Middle Eastern campaign