Battle of Mount Tabor

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The Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) was a decisive engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign in which a smaller French force under General Kléber, supported by Napoleon, defeated a much larger Ottoman army near Mount Tabor in Palestine.

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Battle of Mount Tabor canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent French Republic ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
campaignObjective to defeat an Ottoman relief army in Syria ⓘ
commander Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Ottoman commanders ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1799 ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy continued French operations in Syria ⓘ
hasPart French attack on Ottoman camp ⓘ
Ottoman encirclement attempts ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
ledBy General Kléber ⓘ
location Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
near Mount Tabor ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Tabor ⓘ
opposingForceSize French force smaller than Ottoman force ⓘ
Ottoman army much larger than French force ⓘ
outcome decisive French victory ⓘ
partOf French campaign in Egypt and Syria ⓘ
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign ⓘ
precededBy earlier actions in Napoleon’s Syrian campaign ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance secured French position in Syria temporarily ⓘ
supportedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
theater Syrian theater of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ

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French campaign in Syria → notableBattle → Battle of Mount Tabor ⓘ
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasBattle → Battle of Mount Tabor ⓘ
Kishon River → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Mount Tabor ⓘ