Battle of Acre (1840)
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Battle of Acre (1840) | |||||||
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Part of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) | |||||||
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the town is largely destroyed | light |
The Battle of Acre (also known as the Fourth Battle of Acre) occurred on 3 November 1840. The Oriental Crisis of 1840 was an episode in the Egyptian–Ottoman War in the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by the rebellious Walie of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali Pasha's aims to establish a personal empire in the Egypt Eyalet.
Mehmet Ali had refused the conditions the Quadrilateral Alliance sought to impose. On the 3 November Acre was shelled by a combined British, Austrian and Ottoman fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford. The town was largely destroyed and the Egyptians withdrew after Archduke Friedrich personally led a small landing party of Allied troops to capture the Citadel. Muhammad Ali of Egypt then came to terms.[1][2]
Gallery
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HMS Powerful at the Battle of St Jean D'Acre
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Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre, by Admiral Charles Napier, 3 November 1840
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Another scene from the battle
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HMS Bellerophon leading the bombardment of the Syrian fortress of Acre. Thomas Baines
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The Bombardment of Acre, 3 November 1840
See also
References
- ^ Thomas Benfield Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 10. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.
- ^ "ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich)". ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich). Biographisches Lexikon.
- External links
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