But Napoleon sent the French army forward in exactly the same way as Junot had attacked in 1808 and it ... with the deliberate object of protecting it against the Napoleonic artillery preparation.

1. Siege of Toulon. In 1793, Napoleon Bonaparte was still a relative nobody, and the French Republic was still fighting for its life. In Toulon, the pro-republic leaders were ousted and royalists ...

Napoleon Bonaparte’s career as a conqueror lasted a mere 22 years. It began in 1793, when, as a junior artillery officer, he masterminded the successful French attack on the British garrison ...