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Defence of the breach at St Jean d'Acre Product:Framed picture he became professor of civil'Defence of the breach at St Jean d'Acre, May 8th 1799', 1815. Scene from Napoleon's failed attempt to take the city of Acre from the Ottomans and British during his campaign in the Holy Land in 1799. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815, by James Jenkins, 1815.