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Events on Tuesday 21 May 1799 2
1799Siege of AcreNapoleon's advance into Syria is haltedBonaparte besieged the Ottoman fortress of Acre, held by Jazzar Pasha with British naval support under Sir Sidney Smith. After two months of failed assaults and losses to plague, the French lifted the siege and retreated to Egypt. The defeat ended Napoleon's ambitions in the Levant.
1799Siege of AcreNapoleon's advance into Syria is haltedBonaparte besieged the Ottoman fortress of Acre, held by Jazzar Pasha with British naval support under Sir Sidney Smith. After two months of failed assaults and losses to plague, the French lifted the siege and retreated to Egypt. The defeat ended Napoleon's ambitions in the Levant.