Bombardment Of St Jean Dacre By Admiral
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Bombardment Of St Jean Dacre By Admiral
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Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 3 November 1840 (c1857). British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the port of Acre during the Syrian War. The war broke out after Maronite Christians revolted against occupying Egyptian forces which had invaded Syria the previous year. During the bombardment, a shell struck the ammunition magazine in the south of the city, which exploded with the loss of 1100 lives. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume IV, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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