Editing Napoleon (section)

===Siege of Toulon===
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[[File:Napoleon à Toulon par Edouard Detaille.jpg|thumb|upright|''Bonaparte at the [[Siege of Toulon]], 1793'', by [[Edouard Detaille]]]]
Bonaparte returned to his regiment in [[Nice]] and was made captain of a coastal [[Artillery battery|battery]].<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|p=130}}</ref> In July 1793 he published a pamphlet, ''[[Le souper de Beaucaire]]'' (Supper at [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]]), demonstrating his support for the National Convention which was heavily influenced by the Jacobins.<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|pp=131-32}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Zamoyski|2018|pp=65-66}}</ref>

In September, with the help of his fellow Corsican [[Antoine Christophe Saliceti]], Bonaparte was appointed artillery commander of the republican forces sent to recapture the port of Toulon which was occupied by allied forces.<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|pp=132-35}}</ref> He quickly increased the available artillery and proposed a plan to capture a hill fort where republican guns could dominate the city's harbour and force the allies to evacuate. The successful assault on the position on 16–17 December led to the capture of the city.<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|pp=140-41}}</ref>

Toulon brought Bonaparte to the attention of powerful men including [[Augustin Robespierre]], the younger brother of [[Maximilien Robespierre]], a leading Jacobin. He was promoted to brigadier general and put in charge of defences on the Mediterranean coast. In February 1794, he was made artillery commander of the [[Army of Italy (France)|Army of Italy]] and devised plans to attack the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]].<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|pp=245-47}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Zamoyski|2018|pp=76-79}}</ref>

The French army carried out Bonaparte's plan in the [[Second Battle of Saorgio]] in April 1794 and then advanced to seize [[Ormea]] in the mountains. From Ormea, it headed west to outflank the Austro-Sardinian positions around [[Saorge]]. After this campaign, Augustin Robespierre sent Bonaparte on a mission to the [[Republic of Genoa]] to determine the country's intentions towards France.{{sfnp|Gueniffey|2015|pp=137–159}}<ref>{{Harvp|Dwyer|2008a|pp=147-52}}</ref>