Siege of Jaffa
1799 siege during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The siege of Jaffa was a military engagement between the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Ottoman forces under Ahmed al-Jazzar. On the 3 of March, 1799, the French laid siege to the city of Jaffa, which was under Ottoman control. It was fought from 3 to 7 March 1799. On the 7 March, French forces managed to capture the city.[3][4] For the pillaging of the city, the rape and murder of its civilian population by Napoleon's troops, and the execution of the Ottoman prisoners of war, the siege of Jaffa has been called "one of the most tragic episodes of [Napoleon's] Egyptian campaign."[5]
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Siege of Jaffa | |||||||
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Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
The painting Napoleon visiting the plague victims of Jaffa, by Antoine-Jean Gros depicts the aftermath of this battle. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-Baptiste Kléber |
Ahmed al-Jazzar Abdallah Bey | ||||||
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10,000 | 5,000 mostly Albanian troops | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
50 killed 200 wounded |
2,000 killed[1][2] 2,100 prisoners executed[3][4] | ||||||
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