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Napoleon I

Napoleon I. One of Europe’s most brilliant and famous military leaders. By Natalie Ciuta. Napoleon Bonaparte’s Bio. Born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio Received excellent military and academic education from: -College of Autun -College of Brienne - Ecole Militaire of Paris

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Napoleon I

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  1. Napoleon I One of Europe’s most brilliant and famous military leaders. By Natalie Ciuta

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte’s Bio Born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio Received excellent military and academic education from: -College of Autun -College of Brienne -EcoleMilitaire of Paris Entered the service of Louis XVI in 1785 Joined artillery unit

  3. First Military Assignments • Made many trips to Corsica in the start of career • Received military leave for family affairs • His last trip he took part in the power struggle between forces • Pasquale Paoli ended up winning

  4. National Acclaim • Promoted to brigadier general • Imprisoned in For Carre during overthrow of Jacobin regime • Winter of 1794-1795; was employed in defense of the Mediterranean Coast • Assigned to: -Amry of the West in June of 1795 (almost ended career) -Bureau of Topography of the Committee of Public Safety (wanted transfer to Constantinople) -Called to defend the Tuileries by General Paul Barras (appointed commander of the Army of the Interior)

  5. Italian Campaign • Led army into Italy April 2, 1796 • Napoleon had 38,000 soldiers • Piedmont had 25,000 and Austria had 38,000 soldiers • Plan was to isolate then attack • Piedmont first, they surrendered April 26 • Austrians second, Napoleon just barely won battle on bridge

  6. Egyptian Campaign • 1798-1799 • Napoleon wanted to disrupt British trade routes • Landed 35,000 on July 1, 1798 • Captured Port of Malta and Alexadria • Marched across desert to Cairo

  7. Egyptian Campaign Continued.. • 2 weeks of marching, July 21, 1798 they saw the pyramids • Battle of the Pyramids -lasted over 1 hour -Napoleon’s army won -3 days later they took army into Cairo • British Admiral Horatio Nelson blew the French fleet into pieces and trapped army in Egypt • Napoleon ended up abandoning army with General Jean Baptiste Kleber in July 1799

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