Siege of Acre

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battle of the French Revolutionary Wars military engagement siege

The Siege of Acre was a pivotal 1799 military engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s advance into the Levant was decisively halted by Ottoman and British forces, marking a major setback in his Middle Eastern ambitions.

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Siege of Acre (1799) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath French forces retreated toward Egypt ⓘ
Napoleon abandoned the Syrian campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Akko (1799) ⓘ
belligerent French First Republic ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
local Ottoman-aligned forces ⓘ
chronologicalOrder occurred after the capture of Jaffa by French forces ⓘ
occurred before Napoleon’s return to France in 1799 ⓘ
commandedBy Antoine de Caux ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
conflictIn Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ⓘ
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria
defensiveFeature fortified city walls ⓘ
sea-facing defenses ⓘ
endDate 1799-05-21 ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy French casualties ⓘ
significant Ottoman and allied casualties ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
involvedForceType artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
locatedIn Ottoman Syria ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Israel ⓘ
notableEvent French assaults repeatedly repulsed ⓘ
French disease and attrition ⓘ
opposedBy Jezzar Pasha ⓘ
Phélippeaux ⓘ
Sidney Smith ⓘ
opposedNapoleonObjective establishing a French presence in the Levant ⓘ
threatening British interests in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
place Acre ⓘ
result French withdrawal ⓘ
Ottoman and British victory ⓘ
significance halted Napoleon’s advance into the Levant ⓘ
major setback for Napoleon’s Middle Eastern ambitions ⓘ
prevented French expansion toward India via the Middle East ⓘ
startDate 1799-03-20 ⓘ
supportedBy Ottoman navy ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman fleet

Royal Navy ⓘ
used naval support ⓘ
siege artillery ⓘ
year 1799 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Battle of the Nile → followedBy → Siege of Acre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → hasPart → Siege of Acre ⓘ
Battle of Abukir (1799) → precededBy → Siege of Acre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)