LC control no. | sh 95002522 |
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Geographic heading | Toulon (France)--History--Siege, 1793 |
Variant(s) | Toulon, Fall of, Toulon, France, 1793 |
See also | First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797--Campaigns--France Sieges--France |
Found in | Britannica online, Sept. 20, 2018: Siege of Toulon, French history, 1793 (Siege of Toulon, also known as the Fall of Toulon, (Aug. 28-Dec. 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, which was occupying the southern French city of Toulon and its forts. Location: France, Toulon) |