The triple alliance and the Campaign of the Levant
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05The triple alliance and the Campaign of the Levant
The Ottoman–English–Russian alliance
The Ottoman State allied with England and Russia to expel the French from Egypt by force.
They senttwo expeditions: aland one coming from the Levant and a navalone heading for Alexandria.
Bonaparte's campaign on Syria
Bonaparte led a campaign into the Levant in March 1799butfailed to take Acre.
Reasons for failure: thestrength of the city's defences, the stubborn defence of its people under its governor Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar, and the help given to it by the English fleet.
He returned to Cairo.
Aboukir (land)
Word reached him that the Ottoman fleet had landed at Aboukir in July 1799; he turned against them and inflicted on them a resounding defeat.
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