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Siege
Siege of Acre
1799-03-20–1799-05-21
Siege of Acre was an event within Egyptian Campaign, and it matters because it helps mark the course of the campaign.Its wider importance lies in the event’s place in the war, rather than only in technical formations and units.
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels also sit close to this Mediterranean world, making the campaign useful for stories about desert campaigning, scholarship, espionage, naval isolation, and imperial fantasy.
