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Little Gibraltar: The Tactical Breakthrough That Launched a Career
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At the Siege of Toulon in 1793, a 24-year-old artillery captain saw what every senior officer had missed — and changed the course of French history. This is the episode where Napoleon Bonaparte stops being anonymous.
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The port of Toulon is burning. British and Spanish warships are sitting in the harbor, and a twenty-four-year-old French artillery captain is standing in the mud outside the city, looking at a problem that's defeated every senior officer around him.
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