sentences:  "Orient" exploded soon after.Promoted to Rear-Admiral upon request of General Bonaparte, Ganteaume led the flotilla of small ships of the Nile River, taking part in the Siege of Jaffa, the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Abukir.On 22 August 1799, Ganteaume departed Alexandria with the frigates "Muiron" and "Carrère", the aviso "Revanche" and a tartane, ferrying General Bonaparte back to France.