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Conflicts in 1799
- Siege of El ArishIn the beginning of 1799, a force of 2,160 soldiers under the command of Jean Reynier marched towards the Ottoman fortress of El Arish.
- Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)Napoleon Bonaparte stood in Nazareth on the 16th of April 1799, staring at a map that showed his army trapped between Acre and a massive Ottoman force.
- War of the Second CoalitionOn the 11th of June 1798, General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers directed a landing of several thousand French troops at strategic locations around the island of…
- Coup of 18 BrumaireOn the 12th of March 1799, Habsburg-controlled Austria declared war on France. This declaration triggered emergency measures that allowed the pro-war Jacobin…
- French invasion of Egypt and SyriaNapoleon Bonaparte departed from Toulon in May 1798 with a fleet of around 36,000 troops. His goal was to undermine British trade routes and expand French…
- Battle of Abukir (1799)In July 1798, a French expeditionary force of over 40,000 men landed in Alexandria. Napoleon proposed the annexation of Egypt as part of a wider plan to…
- Siege of JaffaNapoleon Bonaparte stood at the edge of the Levant in early March 1799. His fleet had been destroyed, yet he pushed forward into Ottoman territories.
- Siege of Acre (1799)Napoleon Bonaparte targeted the Ottoman city of Acre in 1799 to secure his hold on Egypt and Syria. He believed capturing this coastal fortress would open a…