Acre, north Palestine: few towns have had more chequered history. It begins in the pre-Phoenician era when it was a great port. It became a stronghold in the Christian conquest of the Holy Land. In 1799 Napoleon's army was halted and defeated. In 1918 Lord Allenby captured Acre from the Turks
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