Siege of Jaffa

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The Siege of Jaffa was a major 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Middle Eastern campaign, marked by a brutal French assault on the Ottoman-held port city and subsequent controversial massacres.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Jaffa canonical 4
Battle of Jaffa 1
French capture of Jaffa 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedWith allegations of mercy killings of plague victims ⓘ
plague outbreak among French troops ⓘ
belligerent French Republic ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
local Ottoman-aligned forces ⓘ
chronologicallyWithin 18th century ⓘ
commandedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
commanderForSide Napoleon Bonaparte, French Republic ⓘ
conflictIn French campaign in Egypt and Syria ⓘ
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire ⓘ
defendedBy Ottoman garrison ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Acre (1799) ⓘ
hasAftermath French occupation of Jaffa for a short period ⓘ
international criticism of Napoleon’s conduct ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Siege of Yafa ⓘ
hasCasualties high civilian casualties ⓘ
large number of Ottoman prisoners executed ⓘ
hasCategory 1799 in Asia ⓘ
Battles involving France ⓘ
Battles involving the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
History of Jaffa ⓘ
Massacres in the 18th century ⓘ
Napoleonic campaigns in the Middle East ⓘ
hasEndDate 1799-03-07 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1799-03-03 ⓘ
hasYear 1799 ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary era ⓘ
locatedIn Jaffa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Israel ⓘ
Tel Aviv-Yafo ⓘ
linked to: Tel Aviv
notableFor brutal French assault on the city ⓘ
controversial executions of surrendered troops ⓘ
massacre of Ottoman prisoners ⓘ
massacre of inhabitants ⓘ
outcome capture of Jaffa by French forces ⓘ
partOf Napoleon’s Middle Eastern campaign ⓘ
partOfTheater Middle Eastern theater of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
perpetratorOf mass killing of Ottoman prisoners of war ⓘ
perpetratorSide French forces ⓘ
linked to: French Army
precededBy French advance through Palestine ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of an important Mediterranean port ⓘ
securing supply and communication lines in Syria-Palestine ⓘ
usedTactic assault after bombardment ⓘ
usedWeaponType artillery ⓘ
small arms ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French campaign in Syria → notableBattle → Siege of Jaffa ⓘ
Army of the Orient → notableBattle → Siege of Jaffa ⓘ
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasBattle → Battle of Jaffa ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jaffa
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasBattle → Siege of Jaffa ⓘ
Battle of Al-Arish → followedBy → Siege of Jaffa ⓘ
Siege of Akko (1799) → precededBy → French capture of Jaffa ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jaffa