Battle of Cana
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The Battle of Cana was a significant 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign, in which French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber defeated a much larger Ottoman army near modern-day Lebanon.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Cana canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| belligerentStrength |
French forces outnumbered
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Ottoman army numerically superior ⓘ |
| campaign |
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign
|
| combatant |
French Republic
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
ⓘ
Ottoman commanders ⓘ |
| conflict | French campaign in Syria ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
France
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1799 ⓘ |
| era | late 18th century ⓘ |
| location |
near Cana
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near modern-day Lebanon ⓘ region of the Levant ⓘ |
| notableFeature | French victory against a much larger Ottoman force ⓘ |
| outcome | Ottoman army defeated by French forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
French campaign in Syria ⓘ War of the Second Coalition ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| theatre |
Mediterranean theater of the French Revolutionary Wars
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surface form:
Middle Eastern theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
|
| year | 1799 ⓘ |
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