Episode 2 of 2
Failed final assault and French withdrawal to Egypt
- When
- 21 May 1799
- Where
- Acre, site of the final assault and Napoleon's departure
- Part of
- Siege of Acre
After a failed final assault on 10 May, Napoleon lifted the siege and withdrew to Egypt on 21 May 1799.
Napoleon Bonaparte retreated two months later, on 21 May 1799, following a failed final assault on 10 May, and withdrew to Egypt. The failed siege thus ended his attempt to widen his Middle Eastern campaign into Syria. In a folk tale circulated by Acre Arabs, Napoleon, upon lifting the siege, let a cannon shoot his hat into the city so that at least a part of him would enter into Acre.
Sources
- Siege of Acre (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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