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What happened March 1799 AD

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  • Jaffa, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (Present Day Jaffa, Israel)
    Sunday Mar 3, 1799
    Napoleon

    Siege of Jaffa

    Jaffa, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (Present Day Jaffa, Israel)
    Sunday Mar 3, 1799

    The attack on Jaffa was particularly brutal. Bonaparte discovered that many of the defenders were former prisoners of war, ostensibly on parole, so he ordered the garrison and 1,400 prisoners to be executed by bayonet or drowning to save bullets.



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  • Acre, Ottoman Empire (Present Day Acre, Israel)
    Wednesday Mar 20, 1799
    Napoleon

    Siege of Acre

    Acre, Ottoman Empire (Present Day Acre, Israel)
    Wednesday Mar 20, 1799

    Napoleon failed to reduce the fortress of Acre, so he marched his army back to Egypt in May.



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