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The last Templar stands - Sidon and Cyprus

On the 28th of May, 1291, the Templar fortress of Acre fell to the Mamluks. All of its inhabitants were killed. After Acre fell, the rest of the Templar fortresses quickly evacuated. There were no more troops with which to defend them. With the desertion of  Atlit, the Templars' great castle on the coast, the Franks were driven completely out of Palestine. What happened then?