1. Besieges and captures Jaffa

    · Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv–Jaffa, Israel

    Besieges and captures Jaffa
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    Napoleon reached Jaffa with the Army of the Orient and began a siege that ended with the city's capture and mass violence. The siege lasted from 3 to 7 March 1799.

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