 To find out the latter's movements, Jezzar ordered a general sortie against Bonaparte's camp.This sortie was supported by its own artillery and a naval bombardment from the British.With his usual impetuosity, Bonaparte pushed Jezzar's columns back against their own walls and then went to help Kléber, who was retrenched in the ruins with 4,000 Frenchmen and 20,000 Ottomans under his command.