As for Napoleon, he had just returned from the farce in Sardinia. When he learned of what had happened in his absence, he immediately wrote to the National Convention to request the withdrawal of the arrest warrant. But it was too late. Now even Ajaccio's Jacques Club was against Napoleon. This was the opportunity that Pauli had been waiting for a long time. He announced that Corsica had completely broken off with France. Napoleon's letter to persuade him was ineffective. Scum! Pauli cursed Lucien furiously. There was no doubt that his curses against Napoleon were even more vicious.
Ajaccio was no longer a safe place for Napoleon. He had to hide everywhere, first in the cave, then at his cousin's and friends 'houses. The Corsica police were looking for him everywhere. In May, the Guild commissioner brought the French army to Ajaccio, restored order on the island, and reiterated the verdict of Paris. They also encountered stubborn resistance. Bozo Diborgo lashed out at Napoleon, and the Corsica Regional Council blamed Paris and accused the Napoleon family of being cursed and spurned forever.
Frightened, Letizia fled with her children in the middle of the night. On June 3, 1792, Napoleon, his mother, and his brother fled to Calvi and hid in a friend's house. The guild commissioner had to flee Ajaccio to avoid any mishaps. At this time, Paris was drafting another verdict to convict the traitor, the robber, and the others.
On June 5, 1793, in the dark night, Napoleon's entire family fled to Toulon by boat. The new houses and fields bought by Napoleon and his uncle, Fisher, were looted by his neighbors, along with his mother's house, property, and grape garden. When they left Corsica, it was no exaggeration to say that all that was left was their shirts. They had lost all their property and were now relying on the salary of a lieutenant to support their mother and six children. All of this was the fault of the weak and impatient Lucien, but he still regarded himself as a great hero! The family never returned to Corsica again. At this time, France was becoming more and more chaotic and horrible under the influence of Maxime Robespierre and his National Salvation Committee.
Let Heaven's Will Do What It Wants
When the ship reached Toulon in June, the warm welcome the Napoleon family received surprised them. Members of the local Jacob Club first rented houses for these exiles on the outskirts of Lavalit and later in Marseille as a place to live. Lucien, the youngest member of the Jacob Party who was responsible for the escape, found a job as a night watcher in a warehouse near St. Maximin. This time, Joseph took swift action and went to Paris to lobby influential friends. When he returned in September, he was already a quartermaster-a job that paid 6,000 Francs a year plus considerable bribes and black market transactions. Later, he became the governor of the Corsica branch of the Executive Committee, and his annual salary increased by 2,400 livres. After that, the Napoleon family would never starve again.
The important events that were happening in Paris had turned the family and Europe upside down. Louis VI was executed on January 21, 1793 in the Square de la Revolución. France had already declared war on Austria in April of the previous year. In February 1793, it declared war on Britain and the Netherlands, and in March, it declared war on Spain. The country was plunged into unprecedented turmoil. the riots of the hungry in Paris, the riots of the royalists in Brittany, Vendée, and West; The royalists of Leon were rioting, and under the orders of Fouchet, who was once the warden of a church school, they were immediately slaughtered by civilians. Napoleon's family had not yet had the honor of making friends with this person with a special identity, but unfortunately, they could not escape his clutches in the end.
At the end of May, there was an ominous uprising in Paris. The politician Marat was assassinated in a bathtub by Charlotte Corday. With the passage of the new constitution on June 24th and Robespierre becoming the tenth member of the National Salvation Council in July, a new and more powerful political terror enveloped France. It was followed by a series of strict laws about adjusting prices and allowing neighbors to report spies to each other, often because of jealousy and hatred. In August, the British fleet attacked France and captured the port of Toulon.
Such a chaotic world provided a lot of opportunities for the 24-year-old young officer named Napoleon Bonaparte. His real military career was about to begin.
On November 30, 1793, Major Napoleon (who had been promoted again) was studying thirteen artillery companies in the fine French port of Toulon on the Mediterranean Sea. He was very tired and could hardly rest. When he was transferred here on September 17th as the commander of the two remaining artillery companies, there were only eight to ten broken field cannons here. More than half of them were either out of ammunition or the wrong guns. His long cloak and high riding boots were stained with mud, and his damp military uniform was wrinkled, but he had performed miracles in less than two and a half months.
When Napoleon returned to the Artillery Regiment in June after 22 months of absence, his younger brother, General Jean Du Tell, who was the commander of the Artillery Regiment in Valence, was unwilling to accept him. However, Tell had heard about the young officer and his erratic and intermittent military career. The general also knew that his brother had a high opinion of Napoleon's ability as a gunner, so he accepted him, but with some reservations, and assigned him to escort the supplies from Avignon to Nice, which often had to pass through hostile royalist territory.
Indeed, the rebellion in Provence, France, was still rampant that year. The royalist army attacked Avignon and Marseille southward. On August 25, the revolutionary army recaptured Marseille. On August 27 - 28, a rebellion broke out in Toulon, and the joint British-Spanish fleet took advantage of the situation and landed about 17,000 Spaniards, royalists, Neapolitans, Piemonteans, and British sailors. The British Navy was commanded by the famous Admiral Samuel Hood, who was famous for defeating the French fleet during the American Revolution. Huo De was almost 59 years old. After more than 30 years in the Navy, he would soon retire.
Horde had only brought 2,000 British troops, and it was clear that he was not here to conquer France or Toulon. There was no doubt that the admiral had pinned his hopes on an uprising in France against the harsh laws and cruel acts led by Robespierre. Even so, Hod was still prepared for war. He had set up powerful emplacement at Fort Mulgrave (newly built), Barque Fort, and Egret on the west bank of the narrow channel separating the large and small parking yards. On the east coast, from Egret to Fort Croix at the top of Mount Faron, a series of emplacement was set up around Toulon.
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