![]() Britain, isolated from her allies, agreed to return territorial conquests to France, Spain and Holland. The Peace of Amiens was signed in 1802, marking the end of the French Revolutionary War. In 1800, at the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon defeated the Austrians, thus establishing France’s power over continental Europe. Returning to France a heroic leader in 1799, Napoleon became the country’s ‘first consul’, going on to become Emperor in 1804. Taking powerīy 1796 he was commander of the French army and, in an attempt to disrupt British trade routes with India, he conquered Ottoman-ruled Egypt in 1798, despite the fact the British destroyed the fleet from which he had just landed his forces, in the action called the Battle of the Nile. He then joined the army where, following the outbreak of the French Revolution, he rapidly rose through the ranks. Born on 15 August 1769, Napoleon was educated at military school in France. Napoleon Bonaparte (1768-1821) is regarded as one of history’s greatest military leaders. He was emperor of France from 1804-14, and in 1815. ![]() ![]() Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most successful generals of the French revolutionary armies. ![]()
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