 From Jaffa the army set off for the coastal town of Acre.En route it captured Haifa and the munitions and provisions stored there, along with the castle at Jaffe, the castle at Nazareth and even the town of Tyre much farther up the coast.The siege of Acre began on 18 March but the French were unable to take it and it was here that the Syrian campaign came to an abrupt halt.