Siege of Jaffa

When

3 Mar 1799 – 7 Mar 1799

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

32.05° N, 34.75° E

Description

1799 battle between Napoleonic France and the Ottoman Empire

1799 siege during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria

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 to 7, when French forces managed to capture the city.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “War of the Second Coalition: Siege of Jaffa – Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine from the Ottomans and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Jaffa endet mit der Eroberung der Stadt, worauf es mit Napoleons Billigung zu einem mehrtägigen Massaker kommt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار ومذبحة يافا في الفترة ما بين 3 مارس و7 مارس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page