Second Battle of Saorgio
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The Second Battle of Saorgio was fought from 24 to 28 April 1794 between a French First Republic army commanded by Pierre Jadart Dumerbion and the armies of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and the Ha
French trooper near captured Fort Saorgio (illustration from La France Militaire, 1833)
King Victor Amadeus III
Duke of Biron
Fighting occurred at Utelle on 21 October 1793.
Siege of Toulon (1793)
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The siege of Toulon was fought at the French Mediterranean naval base of Toulon during the War of the First Coalition. It began after opponents of the radical Montagnard government, initially associat
Second Battle of Saorgio
…portions of southern France rebelled against the revolutionary government. Large French republican forces had to be sent to suppress the revolt at the Siege of Toulon, giving Piedmont a chance to recover its lost territory. King Victor Amadeus and De Vins left the capital in August to oversee the southern front where…
General view of the siege on 30 November 1793, depicted in an 1839 watercolour by Sigismond Himely
A contemporary revolutionary print depicting the Republican recapture of Toulon and the Allied withdrawal
Illustration of the destruction of the French fleet at Toulon
Illustration of the evacuation of Toulon