Talk:Siege of Acre (1799)

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Could someone please turn "Napoléon I of France" into "Général Napoléon Bonaparte"? Napoléon did not crown himself until 1804.

Albanians?
Under "The Siege", 2nd paragraph:

"thousands of Albanian prisoners of war were massacred on the sea-shore"

"defending troops (many of them Albanians) in Acre"

Could someone check whether this isn't vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.190.154.22 (talk) 08:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Apparently, Albania was part of the Ottoman empire at the time, so it is quite believable that there were Albanians in the city.--193.190.154.22 (talk) 10:29, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Was plague a significant factor in the siege?
Re the reference to 2000 soldiers dying of the plague was this not earlier in the campaign and not during the siege of Acre? Mme de Genlis (1746-1830)165.225.80.65 (talk) 15:28, 19 September 2019 (UTC)records in her memoires ( (the following is paraphrasing:) that many died from the plague when the army was near Alexandria and that Napoleon commanded his chief medical officer (Desgenettes) to issue an 'ordre du jour' denying that it was plague which reduced panic and from that time many fewer succumbed. Then when he needed a pretext to explain to his troops why the siege of Acre needed to be lifted he asked Desgenettes to announce that the plague was rife in Acre.  Desgenettes initially refused on the basis that he had lied once and would not lie again but was persuaded when Napoleon said to him that he had saved the soldiers before and now could save them again. The soldiers then accepted that the lifting of the siege was a sign of Napoleon's 'touching prudence'. 165.225.80.65 (talk) 15:28, 19 September 2019 (UTC)Adam Sutcliffe165.225.80.65 (talk) 15:28, 19 September 2019 (UTC)