Sack of Damietta

When

26 May 853 – 27 May 853

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

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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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A Byzantine fleet (85 ships and 5,000 men) sacks and destroys the port city of Damietta, located on the Nile Delta in Egypt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Plünderung von Damiette: Eine byzantinische Flotte (85 Schiffe und 5.000 Mann) plündert und zerstört die Hafenstadt Damiette im Nildelta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “destruction de Damiette”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осада Дамьетты”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page