Napoleon Bonaport And the Siege of Toulon

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Dugommier?Maeescot?Council Of War?Bonaparte's Plan?Marescot's Influence Upon The Siege?AtTack On Convention?Artillery Before Final AtTack?Attack On Eguillette?Council Of War? Departure Of Allies?Destruction Of The Ships? Entrance Of Republicans?Bonaparte And The Massacres. On Nov. 17 Dugommier arrived. He was far a bettergen- eral than Carteaux, Lapoype, or Doppet. Fifty-five years old, he had seen some service. He was formally an officer in a marine battery; he took part with some distinction in the Seven Years War, and also in the American War of Independence. Then he retired to his estate in the West Indies, from whence he had been sent as a deputy to Paris; later he re-entered the army, was made brigadier general in Oct. 1792. In the Italian army he likewise distinguished himself, became g