Battle of Acre (1840)

The Battle of Acre (also known as the Fourth Battle of Acre) occurred on 3 November 1840. The Oriental Crisis of 1840 was an episode in the Egyptian–Ottoman War in the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by the self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali Pasha's aims to establish a personal empire in the Ottoman province of Egypt.

Battle of Acre (1840)
Part of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)
Date3 November 1840
Location
Acre
Result Anglo-Austrian-Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Egypt United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
 Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown United Kingdom Robert Stopford
Austrian Empire Archduke Friedrich
Casualties and losses
the town is largely destroyed light

Mehmet Ali had refused the conditions the Quadrilateral Alliance sought to impose. On the 3 November Acre was shelled by a combined British, Austrian and Ottoman fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford. The town was largely destroyed and the Egyptians withdrew after Archduke Friedrich personally led a small landing party of Allied troops to capture the Citadel. Muhammad Ali of Egypt then came to terms.[1][2]

  • HMS Powerful at the Battle of St Jean D'Acre
    HMS Powerful at the Battle of St Jean D'Acre
  • Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre, by Admiral Charles Napier, 3 November 1840
    Bombardment of St Jean D'Acre, by Admiral Charles Napier, 3 November 1840
  • Another scene from the battle
    Another scene from the battle
  • HMS Bellerophon leading the bombardment of the Syrian fortress of Acre. Thomas Baines
    HMS Bellerophon leading the bombardment of the Syrian fortress of Acre. Thomas Baines
  • The Bombardment of Acre, 3 November 1840
    The Bombardment of Acre, 3 November 1840

See also

References
  1. Thomas Benfield Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 10. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.
  2. "ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich)". ADB:Friedrich (Erzherzog von Österreich). Biographisches Lexikon.


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