Napoleon and the Battle of Gibraltar

Napoleon believed he had identified a position that was only weakly defended. The French called it little gibraltar after the famously impe nable british outpost in iberia, which had once held out under siege for three years. Carteau refused to attack la care so he could set up a battery. But then got cold feet at the last minute and reduced the size of the assault force and refused to reinforce it. And worse, it tipped the coalition off to the strategic importance of the hill. They mediately began fortifying lacare with a series of intrenchments and artillery batteries. A few days later, napoleon led a small raid on an outpost outside fort mul