Outnumbered and facing total defeat, Napoleon launched one of his greatest campaigns. But could he really turn the tide?

On 20 May 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte lifted the siege of the city of Acre on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day ... Pasha’s defiant and successful stand at Acre not only halted Napoleon ...

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