Siege Of Acre (1799)
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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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