Sack of Damietta

Cuándo

26 may 853 – 27 may 853

Tipo

Operación militar

Coordenadas

31.50° N, 31.84° E

Description

853 raid on the port city of Damietta on 22–24 May 853

Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars

The Sack of Damietta was a successful raid on the port city of Damietta on the Nile Delta by the Byzantine navy on 22–24 May 853. The city, whose garrison was absent at the time, was sacked and plundered, yielding not only many captives but also large quantities of weapons and supplies intended for the Arab Emirate of Crete.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “Plünderung von Damiette: Eine byzantinische Flotte (85 Schiffe und 5.000 Mann) plündert und zerstört die Hafenstadt Damiette im Nildelta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
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