 To carry these sufferers in the middle of the army would spread the disease, so they had to be carried in the rear, where they were most at risk from the fury of the Ottomans, keen to avenge the massacres at Jaffa.There were two hospital depots, one in the large hospital on Mount Carmel and the other at Jaffa.On Bonaparte's orders, all those at Mount Carmel were evacuated to Jaffa and Tantura.