- Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)
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- Not to be confused with the Battle of Mount Tabor (biblical).
Battle of Mount Tabor Part of the French Revolutionary Wars 
Mount TaborDate April 16, 1799 Location Mount Tabor Result Decisive French victory Belligerents 
Ottoman Empire
French RepublicCommanders and leaders Ahmed al-Jazzar Pasha. General Kleber
General BonaparteStrength ca 25,000[1] 4,000 (at the end, after Bonaparte's 2,500 men arrival)[1] Casualties and losses 6,000 killed,
500 captured[1]2 killed,
60 wounded[1]French Revolutionary WarsEgypt-Syria Campaign, 1798–1801
Shubra Khit – Pyramids – Nile – Revolt of Cairo – Siege of El Arish – Siege of Jaffa – Siege of Acre – Mount Tabor – 1st Aboukir – Heliopolis – 2nd Aboukir – Alexandria – Siege of Cairo – Siege of Alexandria
Location of battle, as given on map by Pierre Jacotin, 1826.
The Battle of Mount Tabor, or Skirmish of Mount Tabor, opposed French forces under General Kleber to an Ottoman force led by the Pasha of Damascus on 16 April 1799. General Bonaparte was besieging Acre, and Damascus sent its army to relieve the siege. Operating to the south of Acre, Kleber decided to intercept the Ottoman army and ran into the 25,000 men strong army to find himself outnumbered.[1]
The French forces fought divided in two squares and resisted for eight hours against the Ottomans before running out of ammunition. Napoleon arrived with 2,500 men and two cannon reinforcements as the Ottomans seemed to be on the verge of winning. Napoleon's artillery opened fire on the Ottomans flank and, taken by surprise, the Ottoman forces suddenly routed.
References
References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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Coordinates: 32°36′44.81″N 35°19′35.85″E / 32.6124472°N 35.326625°E
Categories:- French battle stubs
- Conflicts in 1799
- Battles of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Battles involving the Ottoman Empire
- Battles involving France
- 1799 in France
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