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A site of significant strategic importance due to its commanding position on the route between Egypt and Syria, Bonaparte wanted to capture the key port of Acre following his invasion of Egypt. He hoped to incite a Syrian rebellion against the Ottomans and threaten British rule in India. However after the Siege of Jaffa the defenders of the citadel were even more fierce.[citation needed]

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  • Siege of Acre (1799)
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  • A site of significant strategic importance due to its commanding position on the route between Egypt and Syria, Bonaparte wanted to capture the key port of Acre following his invasion of Egypt. He hoped to incite a Syrian rebellion against the Ottomans and threaten British rule in India. However after the Siege of Jaffa the defenders of the citadel were even more fierce.[citation needed]
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Partof
  • the French invasion of Egypt
Date
  • --03-20
Commander
Caption
  • The general outlook of Old Acre, seen here in a present-day view from above, has changed little since 1799
Casualties
  • 2200(xsd:integer)
  • 2300(xsd:integer)
  • Unknown
Result
  • Decisive Ottoman victory
combatant
  • French Republic
  • Ottoman Empire Great Britain
Place
  • Acre, Ottoman Empire
Conflict
  • Siege of Acre
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  • A site of significant strategic importance due to its commanding position on the route between Egypt and Syria, Bonaparte wanted to capture the key port of Acre following his invasion of Egypt. He hoped to incite a Syrian rebellion against the Ottomans and threaten British rule in India. However after the Siege of Jaffa the defenders of the citadel were even more fierce.[citation needed]
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