. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . sh to the gorge of the redoubt, when Doppetsounded the retreat. Half blinded by rage and by theblood trickling from a slight wound in his forehead, theyoung Corsican rushed back to Doppet and abused himin the language of the camp : Our blow at Toulon hasmissed, because a has beaten the retreat. The sol-diery applauded this revolutionary licence, and bespatteredtheir chief with similar terms. A few days later the tall soldierly Dugommier took thecommand : reinforcements began to pour in, finally raisingthe str
. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . sh to the gorge of the redoubt, when Doppetsounded the retreat. Half blinded by rage and by theblood trickling from a slight wound in his forehead, theyoung Corsican rushed back to Doppet and abused himin the language of the camp : Our blow at Toulon hasmissed, because a has beaten the retreat. The sol-diery applauded this revolutionary licence, and bespatteredtheir chief with similar terms. A few days later the tall soldierly Dugommier took thecommand : reinforcements began to pour in, finally raisingthe strength of the besiegers to 37,000 men. Above all,the new commander gave Buonaparte carte hlanche forthe direction of the artillery. New batteries accordinglybegan to ring the Little Gibraltar on the landward side; 1M. G. Duruys elaborate plea (Barras, Mems., Introduction,pp. 69-79) rests on the supposition that his hero arrived at Toulon onSeptember 7th. But M. Chuquet has shown ( Cosmopolis, January,1897) that he arrived there not earlier than September 16th. So tooCottin, ch. El 4J 48 LIFE OF NAPOLEON I chap. OHara, while gallantly heading a sortie, fell into therepublicans hands, and the defenders began to lose worst disappointment was the refusal of the AustrianCourt to fulfil its promise, solemnly given in September,to send 5,000 regular troops for the defence of Toulon. The final conflict took place on the night of December16-17, when torrents of rain, a raging wind, and flashesof lightning added new horrors to the strife. Scarcelyhad the assailants left the sheltering walls of La Seyne,than Buonapartes horse fell under him, shot dead: wholecompanies went astray in the darkness: yet the firstcolumn of 2,000 men led by Victor rush at the palisadesof Fort Mulgrave, tear them down, and sweep into theredoubt, only to fall in heaps before a second line of de-fence : supported by the second column, they rally, onlyto yield once more before the murderous fire. In d
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