The Battle of Mount Tabor opposed French forces under General Kleber to an Ottoman force led by the Pasha of Damascus on 16 April 1799. General Napoleon was besieging Acre and Damascus sent its army to relieve the siege. Operating to the south of Acre, Kleber decided to intercept the Ottoman army and ran into the 35,000 men strong army just to find himself outnumbered. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Mount Tabor Mount Tabor Is located in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah... Executive Directory (in French Directoire exécutif), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) held executive power in France from November 2, 1795 until November 10, 1799: from the end of the Convention to the beginning of the Consulate. ... This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. ... Jean Baptiste Kléber. ... Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... Jean Baptiste Kléber. ... Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... The Siege of Acre of 1799 was a siege of the Turkish-defended, walled city of Acre (now Akko in modern Israel) by Napoleon I of France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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. The Ottoman losses are unknown but the French had reported two men down and sixty woundeds.

External link

http://www.napoleonguide.com/ a page on the Napoleonic Wars, it includes a description of the battle.