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Siege and retreat at Acre details from Sidney Smith letter
An extensive dispatch from Captain Sir William Sidney Smith aboard the Tigre to Evan Nepean recounts the 1799 Acre siege and allied actions. It describes repulsed French assaults, Turkish reinforcements, naval gun actions, and strategic maneuvers around Jaffa and Mount Lebanon, with casualties and a dramatic retreat following heavy losses.
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Cantain
Sidney
Sorith
Tigre
Evan Nepean
Admiralty
Sidney Smiths
Boarat
Mount
Lebanon
Morton Eden
Brest
Buonaparte
Syria
Acre
Hassan Bey
Egypt
Buo-naparte
Scroder
Ravelin
Jones
Bray
Hafflan Bey
Gezza Pacha
Furke
Hasan Bey
Patha
Sulim
Sue
Mr. Bray
Uful
Savage
Fhefeus
Richard Coeur de Lion
Fiaflan Bey
Theseus
Norih
Pacha
Lafne
Rombaud
Col. Douglas
Mr. Ives
Mr. Trote
Haffan
Buonararte
Constantinople
Vienna
C. W. Sidney Smith
Loup
Jaffa
Nazareth
Mount Lebanon
Drufes
Kleber
Jordan
Damasers
Mount Tabor
Saiman Aga
Kleher
Daniétta
Damietta
Ata
Pan
Hota Caver
Descamip
Lallern
Goad
Ita
Ismaael Pacha
Jerusalem
Va Fiey
Ismael Pacha
Canes
Tigres Thom
Miller
England
Summers
Atkinson
Ac. W. Stoner