Siege of Jaffa

Siege of Jaffa
	Part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria during the War of the Second Coalition
	; The painting Napoleon visiting the plague victims of Jaffa, by Antoine-Jean Gros depicts the aftermath of this battle.
Date	3–7 March 1799
Location	Jaffa, Ottoman Syria32°02′43″N 34°46′11″E / 32.0453°N 34.7697°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Jean-Baptiste Kléber	Ahmed al-Jazzar; Abdallah Bey
Strength
10,000	5,000 mostly Albanian troops
Casualties and losses
50 killed; 200 wounded	2,000 killed; 2,100 prisoners executed
	Location within Mediterranean Siege of Jaffa (Earth)

War of the Second Coalition:
Egypt and Syria

480km
298miles

6

5

4

Jaffa

3

Cairo

2

Alexandria

1

Malta

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current battle

Napoleon in command till 23 August 1799

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 3-7, 1799. On March 7, French forces managed to capture the city. For the pillaging of the city, the murder of its civilian population and the execution of 4,100 Ottoman prisoners of war, the siege of Jaffa has been called "one of the most tragic episodes of [Napoleon's] Egyptian campaign."