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outspoken Corsican nationalist. He the revolutionary army during the

was given command of a battalion of Siege of Toulon. Toulon was then

troops and led them against French held by British forces that opposed

troops. However, he collided with the the idea of the revolution. His

leader of the Corsican independence military genius shined in this battle,

movement over political views, and which quickly gave him the position

he and his family had to flee Corsica of brigadier general, and later on,

because of this. commander of artillery forces for

In 1793, Napoleon published a the French army in Italy.

pamphlet agreeing on republican After this event, Napoleon suffered

ideals, which gained him the approval multiple downturns because of

of the leaders of the revolutionary his tendency to avoid positions

movement. This enabled Napoleon to that were not to his liking. This

become an artillery commander of caused decreased income as well