"Siege of Acre was fought from 17 March to 21 May 1799." Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Oct 2017 12:56 p.m. PST |
"The Siege of Acre of 1799 was an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman-defended, walled city of Acre (now Akko in modern Israel) and was the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria. Acre was a site of significant strategic importance due to its commanding position on the route between Egypt and Syria. Bonaparte wanted to capture it following his invasion of Egypt. He hoped to incite a Syrian rebellion against the Ottomans and threaten British rule in India. After the Siege of Jaffa, which was followed by two days and nights of massacre and rape by the French forces, the defenders of the citadel were even more fierce In 1798, the young General Bonaparte convinced the Directory that conquering Egypt was the just the ticket to curb Britain's overseas expansion. It would give them a foothold in the eastern Mediterranean and they could wallow in their lust for ancient Oriental splendour and knowledge. The Egyptian government was weak, disorganised and corrupt and therefore easy to topple, and their overlords, the Ottomans, weren't paying much attention anyway…" link Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Balin Shortstuff | 16 Oct 2017 9:26 p.m. PST |
"the French were not only repulsed but also ran into a dry moat and found their scaling ladders were too short," And the reason for that was not due to any error on the French part, but that the Turks dug the moat deeper the night before. |
Tango01 | 17 Oct 2017 10:37 a.m. PST |
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