Episode 4 of 6
Capture of Fort Mulgrave, 17–18 December
- When
- 17–18 December 1793
- Where
- Fort Mulgrave, Toulon
- Part of
- Capture of Toulon
After Dugommier took command, Republican troops captured Fort Mulgrave—'Little Gibraltar'—during the night of 17–18 December 1793.
After General Jacques François Dugommier took command, Republican troops captured Fort Mulgrave, the Allied position the French called 'Little Gibraltar', during the night of 17–18 December 1793. The assault broke the Allied hold on the heights commanding the naval base and precipitated the evacuation of Toulon.
Sources
- Siege of Toulon (1793) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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