Siege of Acre (1799)

Siege Of Acre (1799)

French Revolutionary Wars – Egypt-Syria Campaign
  • Shubra Khit
  • Pyramids
  • Nile
  • Revolt of Cairo
  • Siege of El Arish
  • Siege of Jaffa
  • Siege of Acre
  • Mount Tabor
  • 1st Aboukir
  • Heliopolis
  • 2nd Aboukir
  • Alexandria
  • Siege of Cairo
  • Siege of Alexandria

The Siege of Acre (In Turkish Akka Kuşatması) 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.

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