Siege of Jaffa
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The siege of Jaffa was a military engagement between the French Army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Ottoman forces under Ahmed al-Jazzar. On March 3, 1799, the French laid siege to the city of Jaffa, wh
1804 painting of Napoleon visiting plague victims in Jaffa after the siege
1814 cartoon of the massacre of the Ottoman prisoners
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
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Divisional-General Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French army officer and architect who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for one year in the French
Portrait by Jean-Urbain Guérin, 1798
The Hôtel de Ville, Thann, which Kléber designed
1793–1796 portrait of Kléber by Louis-Léopold Boilly
A wounded Kléber during the capture of Alexandria on 3 July 1798