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TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/1229 IN_TIME: 13:07:22 // 20:55:31 LENGTH: 01:58 SOURCES: IBA RESTRICTIONS: No Access Israel/Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat Four soldiers from the army of Napoleon Bonaparte have been buried in Israel - two centuries after they died in a French bid to control the Middle East. The men were killed during a two month siege of the port city of Acre - then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The ceremony was attended by French soldiers and diplomats, who laid wreaths as a mark of respect. It was a poignant salute to old comrades who had fought for Napoleon and fallen two centuries ago. The skeletons of the four were laid to rest just outside the walled Old City of Acre in northern Israel, where Napoleon's army spent two months trying to take the city from the Turks. Gold buttons found on the skeletons confirmed the date of their death in 1799. The buttons, engraved with the symbol of Napoleon's army, were the only part of their military uniforms intact. The fact that the head of one soldier was missing suggested that he had been taken prisoner by the Turks. The defenders cut off the heads of French soldiers during the siege and displayed them on the walls of the city. The bodies had been discovered in 1991 - but had spent the last eight years at the centre of a diplomatic wrangle between France and Israel over who should rebury the bodies. But that was forgotten in Tuesday's ceremony. SOUNBITE: (English) "A feeling of remembrance... because these people were Frenchmen, they had come such a long way, leaving friends for years. We do not know what kind of state of mind they were in, but certainly they felt a little lost so far from their shores and we will pay homage to them and their courage." SUPER CAPTION: Jean-Noel de Bouillane de Lacoste, French Ambassador The soldiers remains were buried alongside that of their old commander, General Louis Caffarelli, who was killed in the battle. SHOTLIST: XFA Akko (Acre), Northern Israel - November 2, 1999 1. Cemetery for French soldiers 2. Various French Foreign Legion veterans, French flag 3. Burial of casket 4. Laying of wreath on top of casket 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Noel de Bouillane de Lacoste, French Ambassador 6. Various French veterans with French flags paying homage unusual ?
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Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | ISRAEL: AKKO: BURIAL OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE SOLDIERS |
Date: | 11/03/1999 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP162652 |
Content: | TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/1229 IN_TIME: 13:07:22 // 20:55:31 LENGTH: 01:58 SOURCES: IBA RESTRICTIONS: No Access Israel/Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat Four soldiers from the army of Napoleon Bonaparte have been buried in Israel - two centuries after they died in a French bid to control the Middle East. The men were killed during a two month siege of the port city of Acre - then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The ceremony was attended by French soldiers and diplomats, who laid wreaths as a mark of respect. It was a poignant salute to old comrades who had fought for Napoleon and fallen two centuries ago. The skeletons of the four were laid to rest just outside the walled Old City of Acre in northern Israel, where Napoleon's army spent two months trying to take the city from the Turks. Gold buttons found on the skeletons confirmed the date of their death in 1799. The buttons, engraved with the symbol of Napoleon's army, were the only part of their military uniforms intact. The fact that the head of one soldier was missing suggested that he had been taken prisoner by the Turks. The defenders cut off the heads of French soldiers during the siege and displayed them on the walls of the city. The bodies had been discovered in 1991 - but had spent the last eight years at the centre of a diplomatic wrangle between France and Israel over who should rebury the bodies. But that was forgotten in Tuesday's ceremony. SOUNBITE: (English) "A feeling of remembrance... because these people were Frenchmen, they had come such a long way, leaving friends for years. We do not know what kind of state of mind they were in, but certainly they felt a little lost so far from their shores and we will pay homage to them and their courage." SUPER CAPTION: Jean-Noel de Bouillane de Lacoste, French Ambassador The soldiers remains were buried alongside that of their old commander, General Louis Caffarelli, who was killed in the battle. SHOTLIST: XFA Akko (Acre), Northern Israel - November 2, 1999 1. Cemetery for French soldiers 2. Various French Foreign Legion veterans, French flag 3. Burial of casket 4. Laying of wreath on top of casket 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Noel de Bouillane de Lacoste, French Ambassador 6. Various French veterans with French flags paying homage unusual ? |
Media Type: | Summary |