Siege of Toulon (1793)

Siege of Toulon
Part of the Federalist revolts and the War of the First Coalition
The Allied evacuation of Toulon in December 1793
Date 29 August – 19 December 1793 (3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) Location Toulon, France 43°08′N 5°55′E / 43.13°N 5.92°E / 43.13; 5.92 Result French Republican victory
Belligerents
French Republic	French Royalists French Federalists  Great Britain Spain  Naples  Sicily  Sardinia
Commanders and leaders
Jean François Carteaux Jacques François Dugommier Napoleone di Buonaparte (WIA) Jean François Cornu de La Poype	Baron d'Imbert Samuel Hood Charles O'Hara (POW) Sidney Smith Henry Phipps Juan de Lángara
Strength
32,000[1]	1,500 8,000 & 37 ships 7,000 & 32 ships 6,500 & 5 ships Total: 23,000 men 74 ships
Casualties and losses
1,700 dead or wounded[2] 9 ships of the line scuttled in harbour, 4 ships of the line, 7 frigates and 5 corvettes captured[2]	1,200 killed or wounded 700 killed or wounded 200 killed or wounded 1,000 captured 1,500 captured [2] Total: 4,600 1 ship captured[2] 14 ships of the line, 1 frigate and 2 corvettes abandoned and seized by the Republicans[2]
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The siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military engagement that took place during the Federalist revolts and the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. It was undertaken by forces of the French Republic against Royalist rebels supported by Anglo-Spanish forces in the southern French city of Toulon. It was during this siege that young Napoleon Bonaparte first won fame and promotion when his plan, involving the capture of fortifications above the harbour, was credited with forcing the city to capitulate and the Anglo-Spanish fleet to withdraw. The siege marked the first involvement of the British Royal Navy with the French Revolution.