Siege of Akko (1799)

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The Siege of Akko (1799) was a pivotal failed attempt by Napoleon Bonaparte to capture the fortified Ottoman port city of Acre during his Middle Eastern campaign, halting his advance into the Levant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the French Revolutionary Wars
military engagement
siege
alsoKnownAs Siege of Akko (1799)
surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)

Siege of Akko (1799)
surface form: Siege of Saint-Jean-d’Acre (1799)
attacker French Army of the East
surface form: French Army of the Orient
belligerent French Republic
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
commander Antoine de Phélippeaux
Jezzar Pasha
Napoleon Bonaparte
Sidney Smith
conflictIn French Revolutionary Wars
countryInvolved France
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
defender Saint-Jean-d’Acre
surface form: Ottoman garrison of Acre

Royal Navy detachment
local Levantine auxiliaries
endDate 1799-05-20
followedBy French retreat to Egypt
historicalSignificance considered a turning point in the French campaign in the Levant
marked the limit of Napoleon’s land advance in the Eastern Mediterranean
location Acre
Ottoman Syria
present-day Acre, Israel
notableFeature multiple failed French assaults on the walls
naval support to defenders by the Royal Navy
significant French casualties from combat and disease
strong fortifications of Acre
use of captured French siege artillery by the defenders
objective capture of the fortified port city of Acre
opposedLeader Jezzar Pasha
Napoleon Bonaparte
Sidney Smith
partOf Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
surface form: Napoleon’s Middle Eastern campaign
precededBy Siege of Jaffa
surface form: French capture of Jaffa
relatedCampaign Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign
relatedPlace Jaffa
Mount Tabor
Nazareth
result French failure to capture Acre
Ottoman–British victory
startDate 1799-03-18
strategicConsequence contributed to the failure of Napoleon’s Eastern ambitions
halted Napoleon’s advance into the Levant
prevented French invasion of Ottoman Syria beyond Acre
theater Mediterranean theater of the French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: Middle Eastern theater of the French Revolutionary Wars

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Siege of Acre alsoKnownAs Siege of Akko (1799)
Acre historicalEvent Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Sidney Smith notableBattle Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Jezzar Pasha notableWork Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Defense of Acre in 1799
Jezzar Pasha conflict Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Army of the Orient notableBattle Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Siege of Jaffa followedBy Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Battle of Nazareth relatedConflict Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Phélippeaux conflict Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Siege of Akko (1799) alsoKnownAs Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Siege of Akko (1799) alsoKnownAs Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Saint-Jean-d’Acre (1799)
Saint-Jean-d’Acre wasSiegeSite Siege of Akko (1799)
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)