Siege of Acre (1799)

Siege of Acre
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition
Failed siege of Acre by French forces led by Napoleon
Date 20 March – 21 May 1799 Location Acre, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire 32°55′19″N 35°04′12″E / 32.922°N 35.070°E / 32.922; 35.070 Result Anglo-Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Great Britain	French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Jazzar Pasha Haim Farhi Sidney Smith Antoine de Phélippeaux	Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-Baptiste Kléber Eugène de Beauharnais (WIA)
Units involved
Nizam-i Djedid (Garrison Force)  Royal Navy	Armée d'Orient
Strength
Garrison: 5,000 men[1][2] Relief army (Mt. Tabor): 35,000[3]–40,000[4] Support: 2 British ships of the line[2]	12,000[1]–13,000[2]
Casualties and losses
2,000[1] (for the siege)	4,000[1] or 4,500[2] 2,300 killed 2,200 wounded or ill
class=notpageimage| Location within Mediterranean

War of the Second Coalition:
Egypt and Syria

800km
500miles

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Jaffa

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Cairo

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Alexandria

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Malta

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  current battle

  Napoleon in command till 23 August 1799

The siege of Acre of 1799 was an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman city of Acre (now Akko in modern Israel) and was the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria, along with the Battle of the Nile. It was Napoleon's third tactical defeat in his career, being defeated at the Second Battle of Bassano and the Battle of Caldiero three years previously during the Italian campaign, and his first major strategic defeat, along with the last time he was defeated in battle for 10 years. As a result of the failed siege, Napoleon Bonaparte retreated two months later and withdrew to Egypt.