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Napoleon, Failing To Conquer Palestine, Orders The Ransoming Of Prisoners: August 1799
August 12, 1799
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1 page
SMC 236
After sustaining massive losses in his campaign on the Holy Land, Napoleon attempts to raise some revenue by ransoming off the hostages in his possession.
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Document Signed
1 page
SMC 999
Bogged down at the Siege of Acre on what, only weeks before, he thought would be a quick victory on his way to Jerusalem, Napoleon here orders that his generals and the infantry, lancers and sappers, be paid.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Authorizes a Soldier to Join the Egyptian Campaign in Syria
January 18, 1798
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SMC 1040
Signed as General-in-Chief, Bonaparte signs papers for a soldier to join his campaign in Syria. The campaigns were deployed for French commercial interests, with the additional motivation of disrupting Britain's.
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Horatio Nelson Rejoices at the Raising of the Siege of Acre - And Napoleon's Fleeing
July 23, 1799
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SMC 108
Nelson jubilantly reports that the French are being pushed back from Acre and from Zante (Greece), pleased at Napoleon "the villain's" ignominious end.
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