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Siege of Acre

Siege of Acre was a siege conducted in 1799 at Acre, in what is now Israel. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: Anglo-Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Garrison: 5,000 men; Relief army (Mt. Tabor): 35,000–40,000; Support: 2 British ships of the line against 12,000–13,000.

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Fought1799
WhereAcre, Israel32.926N, 35.084E
OutcomeAnglo-Ottoman victory
BelligerentsOttoman Empire; Great BritainagainstFrench Republic
Casualties and losses2,000 (for the siege)and4,000; or 4,500; 2,300 killed; 2,200 wounded or ill
Part ofWar of the Second CoalitionFrench invasion of Egypt and Syria

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

Mediterranean campaign of 1798, 1798French invasion of Malta, 1798French invasion of Egypt and Syria, 1798Capture of Alexandria, 1798Battle of Shubra Khit, 1798Action of 15 July 1798, 1798Battle of the Nile, 1798Battle of El Salheya, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798Battle of El Lahun, 1798Siege of Butrint, 1798Revolt of Cairo, 1798Battle of Nicopolis, 1798Siege of Corfu, 1798Capture of Minorca, 1798Siege of Acre, 1799Battle of Trebbia, 1799Siege of Ancona, 1799Battle of Samanouth, 1799Battle of Aswan, 1799Siege of El Arish, 1799Siege of Jaffa, 1799Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Feldkirch, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Siege of Mantua, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Battle of Nazareth, 1799Battle of Mount Tabor, 1799Battle of Cassano, 1799Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799Battle of Winterthur, 1799First Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Modena, 1799Siege of Alessandria, 1799First Battle of Abukir, 1799Battle of Oberwald, 1799Battle of Schwyz, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, 1799Battle of Callantsoog, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Limmat crossing near Dietikon (1799), 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Castricum, 1799Battle of Damietta, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Battle of Obrigheim, 1799Battle of Wiesloch, 1799Siege of El Arish, 1799Second Italian Campaign, 1800Battle of Walserfeld, 1800Battle of Heliopolis, 1800Battle of Sassello, 1800Siege of Genoa, 1800Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800Battle of Stockach, 1800Battle of Engen, 1800Battle of Messkirch, 1800Battle of Erbach, 1800Battle of Montebello, 1800Battle of Höchstädt, 1800Battle of Neuburg, 1800Invasion of Curaçao, 1800Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800Battle of Pozzolo, 1800Second Battle of Abukir, 1801Battle of Alexandria, 1801Battle of Copenhagen, 1801Siege of El Rahmaniya, 1801Battle of Al Khankah, 1801Algeciras Campaign, 1801First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Suriname, 180417981804Siege of Acre, 1799
81 placed engagements of the War of the Second Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1799 (year precision)
to 21 May 1799
PlaceAcre, Israel
32.926N, 35.084E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
StrengthGarrison: 5,000 men; Relief army (Mt. Tabor): 35,000–40,000; Support: 2 British ships of the line12,000–13,000
Casualties and losses2,000 (for the siege)4,000; or 4,500; 2,300 killed; 2,200 wounded or ill
Commanders
  • Jazzar Pasha
  • Haim Farhi
  • Antoine de Phélippeaux
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Acre
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Acre today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-10-31. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 6 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 89 m, 89 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 37% water, 22% built-up, 14% tree cover.

water: 37%built-up: 22%tree cover: 14%cropland: 13%grassland: 11%water 37%built-up 22%tree cover 14%cropland 13%grassland 11%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 28 mnorth to south, 10.0 km1 to 11 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1103 and 1948.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1799

Siege of Acre is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 179 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815109, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Acre (1799), revision 1372403085, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.