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War of the First Coalition: The Siege of Toulon ends when Napoleon's French artillery forces the British to abandon the city, securing southern France from invasion.
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1792–1797 battles between French revolutionaries and neighbouring monarchies
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Part of the War of the First Coalition
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French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)
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