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  2. Siege of Jaffa - Wikipedia

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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 March 3, 1799, the French laid siege to the city of Jaffa, which was under Ottoman control. It was fought from March 3-7, 1799. On March 7, French forces managed to capture the city.

  3. French invasion of Egypt and Syria - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon extended amnesty to the leaders of the revolt in 1798. In 1798, Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly conquering Alexandria and Cairo. However, in October of that year, discontent against the French led to an uprising by the people of Cairo.

  4. Battle of the Pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The victory effectively sealed the French conquest of Egypt as Murad Bey salvaged the remnants of his army, chaotically fleeing to Upper Egypt. French casualties amounted to roughly 300, but Ottoman and Mamluk casualties soared to approximately 10,000. Napoleon entered Cairo after the battle and created a new local administration under his ...

  5. Battle of Abukir (1799) - Wikipedia

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    In the Battle of Abukir (or Aboukir or Abu Qir) [2] Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign in Egypt. [6] It is considered the first pitched battle with this name, as there already had been a naval battle on 1 August 1798, the Battle of the Nile.

  6. Napoleon Pardoning the Rebels at Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon Pardoning the Rebels at Cairo is an 1808 history painting by the French artist Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. [1] [2] It depicts a scene on 23 October 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt. In the aftermath of the crushing of the Revolt of Cairo that broke out two days earlier, Napoleon pardons several of the leaders of the rebellion. [3]

  7. Military career of Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    Mameluk Egypt: Victory October 21, 1798 - October 22, 1798: Revolt of Cairo: French invasion of Egypt and Syria: French-occupied Egypt: Victory January 11, 1799 – January 19, 1799: Siege of El Arish: French invasion of Egypt and Syria: Mameluk Egypt: Victory March 3, 1799 - March 7, 1799: Siege of Jaffa: French invasion of Egypt and Syria ...

  8. Siege of Acre (1799) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Acre of 1799 was an unsuccessful French siege of the Ottoman city of Acre (now Akko in modern Israel) and was the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria, along with the Battle of the Nile.

  9. Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) - Wikipedia

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    Location of battle, as given on map by Pierre Jacotin, 1826. The Battle of Mount Tabor was fought on 16 April 1799, between French forces commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte and General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, against an Ottoman Army under Abdullah Pasha al-Azm, ruler of Damascus.