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Battle of Acre (1840)

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Battle of Acre (1840)
Part of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)
Date3 November 1840
Location
Acre, Ottoman Empire
Result Anglo–Austrian–Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
 Austrian Empire		 Egypt
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Stopford
Austrian Empire Archduke Friedrich		 Ibrahim Pasha
Strength
  • 4,700
    • 3,000 Ottomans
    • 1,500 Brits
    • 200 Austrians[1]
21 ships, 956 cannons[1]		 5,000[1]
145 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
100 killed and wounded[1] 3,200 (2,000 killed and wounded, 1,200 prisoners)[1]

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.[2][3]

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  • HMS Powerful at the Battle of St Jean D'Acre
    HMS Powerful at the Battle of St Jean D'Acre
  • Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre, by Admiral Charles Napier, 3 November 1840
    Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre, by Admiral Charles Napier, 3 November 1840
  • Another scene from the battle
    Another scene from the battle
  • HMS Bellerophon leading the bombardment of the Syrian fortress of Acre. Thomas Baines
    HMS Bellerophon leading the bombardment of the Syrian fortress of Acre. Thomas Baines
  • The Bombardment of Acre, 3 November 1840
    The Bombardment of Acre, 3 November 1840

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bodart 1908, p. 501.
  2. ^ Thomas Benfield Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 10. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.
  3. ^ "ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich)". ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich). Biographisches Lexikon.

Bibliography

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Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs–Lexikon (1618–1905) [Military-Historical War Lexicon (1618–1905)] (in German). Vienna: C. W. Stern.


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