Battle of Mount Tabor
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| Battle of Mount Tabor | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | The Directoire | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Ahmad Basha al-Jazzar. | General Bonaparte, General Kleber |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 25,000 men[1] | ca 4,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 6 killed or wounded, 500 captured[1] |
2 killed, 60 wounded[1] |
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| Egypt–Syria Campaign of 1798–1801 |
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| Shubra Khit – Pyramids – Nile – El Arish – Jaffa – Acre – Mount Tabor – 1st Aboukir – 2nd Aboukir – Alexandria |
The Battle of Mount Tabor or Skirmish of Mount Tabor opposed French forces under General Kleber to an Ottoman force led by the Pasha of Damascus on 16 April 1799. General Bonaparte was besieging Acre and to relieve the siege Damascus sent its army. Operating to the south of Acre, Kleber decided to intercept the Ottoman army and ran into the 25,000 men strong army just to find himself outnumbered[1].
The French forces fought divided in two squares and resisted for eight hours against the Ottomans before runing out of amnunitions. Then Napoleon arrived with 2,500 men and two canons for reinforcements as the Ottomans seemed to be on the verge of winning. Napoleon had seen the upcomming disaster before it was clear even to Kleber and he struck the Ottoman in the flank. Finally the Ottoman force was routed, taken by surprise.
[edit] External link
- http://www.napoleonguide.com/ a page on the Napoleonic Wars, it includes a description of the battle.
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
