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Remnants of a Campaign as Nelsons Fleet Holds Acre
The excerpt recounts naval and land actions around Acre in 1799 with Nelson and Kleber opposing Buonaparte. It notes fierce fighting, breaches, retreat, and prisoner exchanges, detailing ships Tigre and Theseus aiding the defence, Turkish units, Amiral Lord Nelson, and the wider impact on the siege and regional authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Douglase
Trotte
Haffan Bey
Buonaparte
Constantinople
Vienna
Lord Nelson
W. S. Smith
Tigre
Faffa
Jaffa i
Nazareth
Acre
Mount Lebanon
Kleber
Jordan
Damascus
Mount Tabor
Soliman Aga
Presfing
Jaffa
Damietta
Lallemand
Gaza
Imael Pacha
Jerusalem
Ismael Pacha
Canes
Theseus
Miller
England
Summers
Mr. Arkinsony
Wien
Alliance
Goth
W.sidney Smith