Despite the quite successful land war waged by Bonaparte, the French fleet was defeated at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 (Esdaile, p. The last remained enemy was Britain, and the Directory, which was unable to land its forces on the British Isles due to the English fleet superiority, opted to capture Egypt.

In general, he put an end to the first Anti-French coalition.

In 1796 Napoleon invaded Italy and inflicted a series of defeats on the Austrian and Piedmontese troops, forcing Piedmont, the Papal State, and Austria to sign a peace treaty with France (Esdaile, p. The government appreciated his contribution and promoted him to the division general and commander of the Army of Italy. In 1795 the future emperor helped the National Convention to suppress royalist insurgents in Paris being in charge of the Convention’s artillery. Captain Bonaparte proposed a plan that led to the rapid seizure of the city, for which he eventually received the rank of brigadier general.

In December 1793, he commanded the artillery of the army besieging Toulon, which was occupied by the British forces. In 1789, Napoleon unconditionally supported the French Revolution and sided with the Revolutionaries (Frankforter and Spellman, p. The young Corsican decided to pursue a military career, so he finished studies at the Brienne military college and Paris military school.