Figure 4. Map of Syrian campaign of 1799. Napoleon entered Syria from Egypt with 13,000 troops, quickly taking the towns of Gaza, Jaffa, and Haifa. Plague struck French soldiers in all of these towns, as well as Acre, which Napoleon was not able to conquer (Redrawn from Herold 1962).
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