SIEGE OF TOULON

TOULON, FRENCH REPUBLIC SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 1793

Michael G Stroud

For a short period, the revolutionary fervour that swept France from 1789 remained a largely internal political affair, punctured occasionally with civil unrest as politicians set about dismantling the old regime to make room for a new nation. This all changed in 1792 with a cascade of geopolitical and domestic events, mass dissention, counter-revolutions and declarations of war. The perceived threat of revolution spreading from France to its neighbours galvanised a coalition, led chiefly by Prussia, Austria, England and Spain. This left France assailed by both internal and external enemies, and the onslaught soon had the nation on its heels. In August 1793 coalition and royalist armies pushed into Republican France on multiple fronts, and French forces reeled from numerous defeats. These, along with strong anti-Jacobin (the ruling Republican party)…

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