The health conditions in Acre after it had fallen were appalling; 1, 525 men died, most of them of malaria and hepatitis: Sham 18/184, on 25 N 1248/16 February 1833.

XREF: Parallels earlier claim at loc 1116 that disease killed Sudan campaign soldiers faster than enemy combat — disease mortality recurs as this army's chief killer across campaigns. Builds on: "Disease killed Sudan campaign soldiers faster than enemy combat."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 1185