Napoleon offered battlefield incentives during the Battle of Acre!

>[Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) launched no fewer than nine major and three minor attacks on Acre over the next nine weeks. At the same time, he had to send off forces to defend himself from Turks, Arabs and Mamluks, who fortunately came piecemeal rather than in co-ordinated assaults. At one point he ran so low on ammunition that he had to pay soldiers to pick up cannonballs fired from the city and from Royal Navy vessels; they received between a half-franc and a franc each, depending on the caliber. __________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Acre." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 193-94. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Lavalette, *Memoirs* p. 59. __________________________ **Further Reading:** [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoleon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon) [Siege of Acre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1799))