Early Triumphs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Joined French artillery corps as a lieutenant
Appointed commander at _____________ (1793)
British ships destroyed; British forced to evacuate; victory for Napoleon!
Appointed brigadier _____________________ at ______
Counter-revolution (1795)
"Whiff of Grapeshot“—saves the National Convention from rioters; Napoleon rewarded with command
Commander of small army (1796-1797) in ________________.
Defeat of 4 armies in Austria
____st coalition against France collapsed
_____________ status in France
Military strategy (____________, ______________) brilliant!
Egypt invaded (1798) in an indirect attack on England; English fleet under Lord Nelson sank the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile and forced Napoleon to flee Egypt. British win in Egypt, but Napoleon is still revered
2nd coalition formed (1799-1801)
Napoleon returned to France to seize even more power in a coup d’etat in 1799, effectively ending the French Revolution.
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