The Fall of Toulon

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by Bernard Ireland


  Colbert, Jean Baptiste, ref1

  Commerce de Marseille, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Cook, James, ref1

  Cooke, Edward, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Coquille, Jacques see Dugommier

  Corday, Charlotte, ref1

  Cordeliers Club, ref1, ref2

  Cornwallis, General, ref1, ref2

  Corsica, ref1: France acquires, ref2; British plans to capture, ref3; Buonaparte in, ref4, ref5; Linzee’s expedition to, ref6, ref7; Hood in, ref8; Britain abandons, ref9; insurrection, ref10

  Cosby, Phillips, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Coste, Marie, ref1

  Croix-de-Signaux, ref1

  Danton, Georges, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Dardennes, ref1

  Dauphin Royal, ref1

  Delaborde, ref1

  Denmark, ref1

  Députés en mission, ref1

  Dommartin, Major, ref1, ref2

  Doppet, General, ref1, ref2

  Douglas, Captain, ref1

  Doumet-Revest, ref1

  Drake, Francis, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Droits de l’Homme, ref1

  du Chaffault, ref1

  du Teil, baron, ref1, ref2

  Dugommier, (Jacques Coquille), ref1; on Toulon’s weakness, ref2; takes over command against Toulon, ref3; relations with Buonaparte, ref4, ref5; repels attack on batteries, ref6; onset of winter, ref7; launches attack, ref8, ref9; enters Toulon, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Dugua, General, ref1

  Dumouriez, Charles-François, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Dundas, David, ref1, ref2; arrives from Gibraltar, ref3; abortive attack on the batteries, ref4, ref5; takes over from O’Hara, ref6; Elliot’s view of, ref7; retrenchment, ref8, ref9; and Hood, ref10

  Dundas, Henry see Melville, Viscount

  Dutch navy, ref1

  East Indies, ref1

  Echavuru, Lieutenant Colonel, ref1

  Éclair, ref1

  Edge, Captain, ref1

  Elba, ref1, ref2

  Elliot, Sir Gilbert: appointed senior administrator, ref1, ref2; and the Spanish troops, ref3; on O’Hara and Dundas, ref4; reports from, ref5, ref6; on Neapolitan troops, ref7; retrenchment, ref8, ref9; evacuation of Toulon, ref10; refugees from Toulon, ref11; in Corsica, ref12

  Elphinstone, George Keith: career, ref1, ref2, ref3; appointed governor of Toulon, ref4, ref5; landing in Toulon, ref6; takes Ollioulles, ref7; and the security of Toulon, ref8; and the attack on Faron Ridge, ref9; authority, ref10; withdrawal from Toulon, ref11; leaves Toulon, ref12; Hood commends, ref13

  English Channel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Enlightenment, Age of, ref1

  Entreprennant, ref1, ref2

  Escudier, ref1

  Estaing, comte d’, ref1

  Estates General, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Farinière, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Faron Ridge, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Féraud, Pierre-Jacques, ref1, ref2

  Feuillant Club see Girondins

  First Armed Neutrality, ref1

  Flanders, ref1, ref2

  Flayelle, ref1

  Fleurieu, comte de, ref1

  Flotte, marquis de, ref1

  Forster, Ensign, ref1

  Fort de la Croix Faron, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Fort Faron, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Fort la Malgue, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Fort Malbousquet, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; importance of, ref7; attack on as a distraction, ref8; and the final assault on Toulon, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Fort Mulgrave, ref1, ref2, ref3; plans to capture, ref4, ref5, ref6; reconnaissance attack on, ref7, ref8; capture, ref9, ref10

  Fort Pomets, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Fort Saint-Antoine, ref1

  Fort Saint-Louis, ref1

  Forteguerri, Marshal, ref1, ref2

  France: Revolution, ref1; origins of Revolution, ref2; Bastille stormed, ref3, ref4; war with Austria, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; September massacres, ref12; Republic declared, ref13; and the American Revolution, ref14, ref15, ref16; threats to, ref17; move on the Netherlands, ref18, ref19, ref20; and the West Indies, ref21, ref22; success in Belgium, ref23, ref24; declares war on Britain, ref25, ref26; attack on Italy, ref27, ref28, ref29; economy under pressure, ref30; lack of threat from Spain, ref31; Committee of Public Safety, ref32; formation of Surveillance Committees, ref33; provincial unrest, ref34; able to contain threats, ref35; mass mobilization, ref36; rise of terror, ref37, ref38; federalist backlash, ref39; foreign advances into, ref40; British intentions in, ref41; peace treaty with Spain, ref42; see also French army; French navy Francis II, Emperor of Austria, ref43

  Frederick, Thomas Lenox, ref1

  Frederick William II, King of Prussia, ref1

  Fremantle, Thomas, ref1

  French army: Guibert’s reforms, ref1; war with Austria, ref2

  French East India Company, ref1, ref2

  French navy: background, ref1; Seven Years’ War, ref2; reforms, ref3; and the American Revolution, ref4; clashes off America, ref5, ref6; West Indies, ref7, ref8; Indian Ocean, ref9, ref10; threat in the Channel, ref11; attempts to invade Britain, ref12; superiority, ref13; arsenals, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17; organization, ref18; ports, ref19; officers, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23; seamen, ref24; discipline, ref25, ref26; reshaped according to Revolutionary ideals, ref27; unrest, ref28, ref29; officers desert, ref30; shortage of officers, ref31, ref32; armament, ref33, ref34; British fleet compared with, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38; state of the fleet, ref39; renaming of ships, ref40; disposition at start of war, ref41; strength at Toulon, ref42; surrender of ships, ref43; resists being disarmed in Toulon, ref44; captured fleet remains in Toulon, ref45; mutiny at Brest, ref46; seamen deported from Toulon, ref47; superior design, ref48; use by British as troops in Toulon, ref49; expected fate of the captured Toulon fleet, ref50; Hood takes some of the captured fleet, ref51, ref52, ref53; remaining boats destroyed, ref54; remnants of Toulon fleet restored, ref55; fate of Toulon fleet after siege, ref56

  Fréron, ref1; enforces loan from Marseille, ref2; captures letters sent by Hood, ref3; agents report to, ref4; proposes to suspend operations, ref5; assault on the Faron Ridge, ref6; reprisals in Toulon, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Gambs, Marshal de, ref1

  Gardes Françaises, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Gardner, Alan, ref1

  Garnier, General, ref1, ref2

  Gasparin, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Gell, John, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Genoa, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  George III, King of England, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  George IV, King of England (Prince Regent), ref1

  Germagnan, Lieutenant Colonel de, ref1

  Gibraltar: French and Spanish lay siege to ref1, ref2, ref3; as a British base, ref4, ref5; fleet sails to, ref6; Hood in, ref7, ref8, 147, ref9; reinforcements from, ref10, ref11, ref12; fleet returns to after Toulon, ref13

  Girondins, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Goodall, Samuel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Gorges d’Ollioules, ref1

  Graham, Thomas, Baron Lynedoch, ref1

  Grande Rade, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Granet, François-Marius, ref1, ref2

  Grasse, comte de, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Graves, Thomas, ref1, ref2

  Gravina, Don Frederick de: commands Spanish troops, ref1, ref2, ref3; defends Gorges d’Ollioules, ref4; relations with the British, ref5, ref6; defends Faron Ridge, ref7, ref8; and Izquierdo’s authority, ref9; O’Hara’s relationship with, ref10; promotion, ref11; loss of Toulon, ref12, ref13, ref14; evacuation, ref15

  Great Britain see Britain Grenada, ref1

  Grenoble, ref1

  Grenville, William, Lord, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Grosse Tour, ref1

  Guibert, comte de, ref1

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sp; Guichen, ref1

  Gustav III, King of Sweden, ref1, ref2

  Habsburg empire, ref1

  Haddon, Captain, ref1

  Haiti, ref1

  Hallowell, Lieutenant, ref1

  Hamilton, Sir William, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Harcourt, duc d’, ref1

  Hardy, Sir Charles, ref1, ref2

  Hauteur de la Grasse, ref1

  Hood, Alexander, Lord Bridport, ref1

  Hood, Samuel, Lord Hood: off America, ref1; in the West Indies, ref2, ref3; career, ref4; takes over Mediterranean command, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; Cape Henry, ref9; and the Spanish fleets, ref10; landfall near Toulon, ref11, ref12; Tunis incident, ref13; charged with the capture of Toulon, Marseille and Corsica, ref14, ref15; blockades Toulon, ref16; Toulon seeks protection from, ref17; negotiations with Toulon, ref18; sends troops ashore, ref19; and the captured fleet, ref20; and government policy, ref21; deports French seamen, ref22; constant need for more troops, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26; and Corsica, ref27, ref28; loses letters to republicans, ref29; attempts to quieten batteries, ref30; problems with command, ref31; and the captured Toulon fleet, ref32, ref33; relations with O’Hara, ref34, ref35, ref36; sent administrative help, ref37; final number of troops, ref38; loss of Toulon, ref39; decides to retrench, ref40; and conduct of allies, ref41; decides to withdraw, ref42; and fate of the Toulon fleet, ref43, ref44; evacuation, ref45; sails from Toulon, ref46; commends Elphinstone, ref47; ability, ref48; Corsican campaign, ref49, ref50, ref51; retires, ref52

  Hotham, William, ref1

  Howe, General, ref1

  Howe, Lord, ref1, ref2; commands the Channel Fleet, ref3, ref4

  Hughes, Rear Admiral, ref1

  Ile de Bourbon (Réunion), ref1, ref2

  Ile de France (Mauritius), ref1, ref2

  Iles d’Hyères, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Imbert, Baron d’, ref1

  Impérieuse, ref1, ref2

  Indian Ocean, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Inglefield, John, ref1, ref2

  Inman, Henry, ref1

  Iphigénie, ref1

  Ireland, ref1

  Iremonger, Lieutenant, ref1

  Iris, ref1

  Italy: France’s attack on, ref1, ref2, ref3; British bases in, ref4, ref5; relations with France, ref6, ref7; refugees land in, ref8; see also Genoa; Naples etc

  Izquierdo, Brigadier: defends Gorges d’Ollioules, ref1; at Fort Faron, ref2; and the British command, ref3, ref4; and the attempt to quieten the batteries, ref5; improvements at Fort Mulgrave, ref6; and the final battle, ref7

  Jacobins, ref1, ref2; and the September massacres, ref3; National Convention, ref4; Brest, ref5, ref6; Toulon, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; coup over the Girondins, ref11; and Toulon, ref12, ref13

  Jamaica, ref1, ref2

  Jean-Abeille, ref1

  Jervis, Sir John, ref1

  Jones, John Paul, ref1, ref2

  Jonquier, ref1

  Joseph II, Emperor, ref1, ref2

  Kellermann, General, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Kempenfelt, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Keppel, Admiral Augustus, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ref1; see also Naples

  Knight, Lieutenant, ref1

  Koehler, Major, ref1

  La Barre, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  La Caire, ref1

  La Grasse, ref1

  La Mothe, ref1

  La Motte-Piquet, ref1

  La Seyne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  La Vallette, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lafayette, marquis de, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Laforey, Sir John, ref1

  L’Aiguillette, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Langara, Don Juan de: Rodney surprises and pursues, ref1; uncooperative, ref2; fleet outnumbers British, ref3; tries to intimidate Hood, ref4; instructions for withdrawal, ref5, ref6; at emergency council, ref7; wants to pull out, ref8; collaboration with revolutionaries, ref9; sails home, ref10, ref11

  Lapoype, General, ref1; advances with Army of Italy, ref2, ref3; besieges Toulon, ref4, ref5; attacks Faron Ridge ref6; loses command to La Barre, ref7; problems with food supplies, ref8; plans final attack, ref9; final attack on Faron Ridge, ref10

  Lapoype, Madame, ref1, ref2

  L’Artigues, ref1

  Le Beausset, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Le Boisgelin, Colonel, ref1

  Le Jonquet, ref1

  Leda, ref1

  Leeward Islands, ref1, ref2

  Leghorn, ref1, ref2

  Lemoine, Lieutenant, ref1

  Léopard, ref1

  Leopold II, Emperor of Austria, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Les Arènes, ref1, ref2

  Les Moulins, ref1

  Les Sablettes, ref1

  levée en masse, ref1, ref2

  Linzee, Robert, ref1

  Lorient, ref1

  Louis XVI, King of France: and the origins of the Revolution, ref1, ref2; and Austria, 31; Bastille stormed, ref3; brought to Paris by agitators, ref4; Fête de la Fédération, ref5; attempts to flee Paris, ref6, ref7; Pillnitz Declaration, ref8; support from abroad, ref9; declares war on Austria, ref10; right of veto, ref11, ref12; mob bursts in on, ref13; forced to bow to will of Revolutionaries, ref14; house arrest, ref15, ref16; deposed, ref17; execution, ref18, ref19; and the navy, ref20, ref21

  Louis XVII, King of France, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lozère, ref1

  Lumsdaine, George, ref1

  Lutine, ref1, ref2

  Luzerne, comte de, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lyon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Maastricht, ref1

  MacArthur, John, ref1

  Malouet, Pierre-Victor, ref1

  Malta, ref1

  Marais, ref1, ref2

  Marat, Jean-Paul, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Marescot, General, ref1

  Marie Antoinette, Queen, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Marine Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Marseille, ref1; resistance to Paris in, ref2, ref3; Jacobins in, ref4; mutual support for Toulon, ref5; seeks protection from Hood, ref6; Carteaux takes, ref7; British plans to retake, ref8

  Martin, Thomas Byam, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Martinique, ref1, ref2

  Matthews, Lieutenant, ref1

  Melville, Viscount (Henry Dundas), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; intervention in the Netherlands, ref8; and Austrian troop contributions, ref9; policies on French attacks on Italy, ref10; and operations in the Mediterranean, ref11, ref12; warns Hood about withdrawal from Toulon, ref13, ref14

  Micas, Adjutant-Général, ref1

  Michaud d’Arcon, ref1

  Middleton, Lieutenant, ref1

  Middleton, Sir Charles see Barham, Lord

  Millau, ref1

  Ministry of Marine, ref1, ref2

  Minorca, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Mirabeau, comte de, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Missiessy, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Modeste, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Moira, Lord, ref1

  Moleville, Bertrand de, ref1, ref2

  Monaco, ref1

  Moncrieff, Captain, ref1, ref2

  Monge, Gaspard, ref1

  Mont Faron, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Montagnards, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Montcrieff, Captain, ref1

  Montréal, ref1, ref2

  Morard de Galles, Justin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Mouret, Colonel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Muiron, Captain, ref1, ref2

  Mulgrave, Earl of: as representative in Turin, ref1, ref2; arrives in Toulon, ref3; commands multi-national force in Toulon, ref4, ref5; builds defences, ref6; attempts to get more troops, ref7, ref8, ref9; attacks gun batteries, ref10; skirmishes with republicans, ref11; lack of troops, ref12; garrison provisions, ref13; O’Hara replaces, ref14, ref15; assessment of situation in Toulon, ref16, ref17

  Naples, ref1; troops from, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
; refugees from Toulon in, ref15

  Napoleon Buonaparte see Buonaparte, Napoleon

  Narbonne-Lara, comte de, ref1

  National Assembly: establishment of, ref1; Bastille stormed, ref2; groups within, ref3; reforms, ref4

  National Guard, ref1, ref2; Toulon, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Navy Board, ref1

  Neerwinden, ref1

  Nelson, Horatio, Lord, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12; battle of the Nile, ref13

  Nemesis, ref1

  Netherlands, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; France moves on, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Newenham, Lieutenant, ref1

  Nice, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Niou, ref1

  Nootka Sound, ref1, ref2, ref3

  North, Lord, ref1

  Nugent, Edward, ref1

  Nymphe, ref1

  O’Hara, Charles: sent to Toulon, ref1, ref2, ref3; career, ref4; Hood’s relationship with, ref5, ref6; assesses situation in Toulon, ref7; attack on gun batteries, ref8; captured, ref9, ref10, ref11; not missed, ref12

  Ollioules, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Orange, House of, ref1

  Ordnance Board, ref1

  Orion, ref1, ref2

  Orvilliers, comte d’, ref1

  Palliser, ref1

  Paoli, Pasquale, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Paris: origins of French Revolution, ref1; Bastille stormed, ref2; Fête de la Fédération, ref3; Insurrectionary Commune, ref4, ref5; storming of Tuileries, ref6; September massacres, ref7; Louis XVI executed, ref8

  Parker, Sir Hyde, ref1

  Pas de la Masque, ref1

  Pas de Leydet, ref1

  Pater, Lieutenant, ref1, ref2

  Patriote, ref1, ref2

  Pellew, Sir Edward, ref1

  Perrin, Claude-Victor see Belluno, Duke of

  Petite Rade, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Piedmont, ref1, ref2

  Pignatelli-Cerchiara, Prince, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Pigot, Hugh, ref1

  Pillnitz Declaration (1791), ref1

  Pitt, William the younger: and the loss of America, ref1; and Russia, ref2; opposes revolutionary principles, ref3; appoints a prince regent, ref4; disinterest in Europe, ref5; and the West Indies, ref6; and Netherlands, ref7; war with France, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Pluvier, ref1

  Plymouth, ref1

  Pompée, ref1, ref2

  Popular Tribunal, Toulon, ref1

  Portuguese navy, ref1

  Poudrière, ref1, ref2, ref3

 

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