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The siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military engagement that took place during the Federalist revolts and the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. It was undertaken by forces of the French Republic against Royalist rebels supported by Anglo-Spanish forces in the southern French city of Toulon.
- French Republican victory
Siege of Toulon, (August 28–December 19, 1793), military engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, in which the young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte won his first military reputation by forcing the withdrawal of the Anglo-Spanish fleet that was occupying the city of Toulon and its forts.
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Feb 15, 2023 · The Siege of Toulon (29 August to 19 December 1793) was a decisive military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), conducted by a French Republican army to retake the port city of Toulon from rebels, who were supported by allied forces.
Sep 25, 2020 · On 29th August 1793, the Siege of Toulon began with a mixed force of British, Spanish and emigre French troops under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Hood. The population was in revolt against the revolutionary government in Paris.
Napoleon himself was wounded, with a deep bayonet cut to the thigh, and narrowly avoided needing to have the leg amputated. With the French now in control of the fort, the British promptly abandoned Toulon, which swiftly fell. 400 civilians who had collaborated with the British were executed.
The battle for Toulon in the autumn of 1793 was the climax to a civil war; and the inhabitants of Toulon were as divided and confused by the propaganda of political parties and the bloodthirstiness of Marat as the rest of their countrymen.
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On July 18, 1793, a Central Committee for Toulon was created. In response to the ongoing events in Paris, it was decided that the Parisian representatives in the city should be arrested. Pierre Baille was caught, but Charles Beauvais and Stanislas Fréron quickly evaded capture.
