The Battle of Sidon was an engagement between the Anglo-Austrian-Ottoman and the Egyptian forces.

Sidon was protected by a citadel and line of wall.

With eight ships Napier began shelling the square for 30 minutes.

[1] Tasked with directing the attack on the southern castle while the ships were still firing, Archduke Friedrich first landed a detachment, which quickly climbed the heights of the banks, and soon afterwards a second, which landed despite the enemy gunfire coming from some houses.

Soon afterwards a detachment of Englishmen, who had entered the city from the north, arrived there, while the Turkish troops were entering from the side of the water castle.