Napoleon’s victory was responsible for his being honored brigadier general at the age of 24. The British withdrew and France took control of Toulon. Napoleon took the place of a wounded commander. In December 1793, Napoleon was sent to Toulon, where rebels in France were being aided by the British naval fleet. Napoleon joined the French Army in 1785 and in 1791 was promoted to first lieutenant and then to captain in 1792. He remained there for eight years and during those years his father died of stomach cancer. It had been noted that Napoleon had excelled at math during his time at school. He went to a church school at Brienne-le-Chataeu because his father, Carlo, wanted him to go there. In 1779, when Napoleon was nine years old, he began his schooling in France. He was born on Augat Ajaccio in Corsica, which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. The book, Napoleon by Felix Markham, is a biography about Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest historical figures and legends of all time.
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