The Reconquest of Toulon

Once toulon was secured, the representatives on mission wasted no time in despatching revolutionary justice. Men who fought for the coalition side were executed as traitors. Simply being a sailor in the fleet and not having been imprisoned as a republican sympathizer was taken as evidence of treason. Napoleon did not take part in these massacres, claiming disability from his wounded leg. He requested a transfer away from toulon and played invalid until he heard back from paris.