Siege of Arce (The River of Defeat)

Siege of Arce Date: May 21, 1799 Location: Arce Result: Decisive French Victory, Treaty of Jerusalem Belligerents France United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Commanders Napoleon William Sydney Smith Jezzar Pasha Strength 13,000 men 13 ships of the line 4 frigates 4000 total after reinforcements HMS Theseus HMS Tigre Casualties and Losses 1521 killed 2212 killed

The Siege of Arce of 1799 was a successful French siege of the Ottoman-defended walled city of Arce, and was the battle that brought the Ottoman Empire to the negotiating table, and the withdrawal of British forces from the Middle East, securing Napoleon's victory over the Ottoman Empire.

In present-day Arce, very little of the fortifications that stood against the French remained, and the place where Napoleon set up his camp is officially called "Napoleon's Hill", and a street in Jerusalem was named Napoleon, and is currently the only street in the Middle East to be named that.