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Captain Boneparte earned fame by sucessfully ousting the British/Royalists from the port city of Toulon. Promoted to General soon after.
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Royalist troops clash with Revolutionary soldiers in the streets of Paris. General Boneparte quickly defeats the Royalist forces by using cannon armed with grapeshot.
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During the battle Napoleon sights an artillery peice, the job of a corporal, earning the nickname the Little Corporal.
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Arcole PageNapoleon leads his men across a bridge under heavy fire. One of his aides is killed by his side and others are wounded. Napoleon's bravery earns the respect of his soldiers.
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Napoleon's expedition into Egypt with the Armée d'Orient culminates with a battle fought close to the Pyramids of Giza. The French defeat the Ottoman and Mamluks giving the Napoleon loose control of Egypt. Days later a French naval defeat at the hands of the British(The Battle of the Nile) strands Napoleon's forces in Africa.
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Napoleon and his allies stage a coup ousting the Directory replacing it with the First Consulate with Napoleon as leader of France.
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Napoleon's forces defeat an army of the Austiran Habsburgs. First Consule Boneparte is now strong enough to control France's future which eventually leads to him become Emperor.
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Norte Dame Catherdal, Paris
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Napoleon's greatest victory. The French army crushes the Russians and Austrians ending the Third Coalition. France is now the most powerful nation in Europe.
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L'Grande Armée marches 450,000 soldiers into Russia as the most formidable force the world has seen. Months later after multiple defeats, L'Grande Armée struggles back into France with less than 10,000.
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A combined force of British, Prussian, German, & Dutch defeat Napoleon's army to the south of the town of Waterloo. This was Napoleon's final defeat which lead to his exile on the island of St. Helena.
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