The Battle Between the Ultras and the Guillotine

As the siege dragged on, not terribly successfully, captain bonaparte had zero qualms about writing a blunt letter to the committee of public safety complaining about the incompetence of the officers around him. And he wasn't wrong. They were pretty incompetent. Later, bonaparte, now a colonel, was finally ordered to do what he always knew they were going to have to do to take too long. He led the charge against the k british fortification on the night of december sixteenth, took the fortification and was wounded in the leg in the process. Now totally exposed to a french bombardment, the allies were forced to withdraw, but not before successfully burning a good chunk