Episode 3 of 6
Surrender to the Anglo-Spanish Force
- When
- 29 August 1793
- Where
- Toulon naval base
- Part of
- Capture of Toulon
After Republican reprisals at Marseille, Royalist commander d'Imbert requested Coalition aid and surrendered the port and fleet.
Upon news of the Republic's recapture of Marseille and the reprisals committed there, Royalist commander Xavier Lebret d'Imbert requested support from the First Coalition. Opponents of the radical Montagnard government surrendered the port, its arsenal, and much of the French Mediterranean Fleet to an Anglo-Spanish force; Britain, Spain, Naples, and Sardinia supplied ships and troops to defend the city.
Sources
- Siege of Toulon (1793) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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