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Siege of Toulon

Siege of Toulon was a siege conducted on 29 August 1793 at Toulon, in what is now France; it lasted 4 months. It was part of the War of the First Coalition, which ran from 1792 to 1797. The recorded result: French Republican victory. Recorded strength: 32,000 against 1,500; 8,000 and 37 ships; 7,000 and 32 ships; 6,500 and 5 ships; Total: 22,000 to 23,000 men; 74 ships.

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Mapa com esquema do cerco de Toulon (1793)
Mapa com esquema do cerco de Toulon (1793). Manuel F. V. G. Mourão, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought29 August 1793lasted 4 months
WhereToulon, France43.130N, 5.920E
OutcomeFrench Republican victory
BelligerentsFrench First RepublicagainstFrench Royalists; France French Federalists; Kingdom of Great Britain; Spain; Kingdom of Naples; Kingdom of Sardinia
Part ofWar of the First Coalition1792 to 1797

Where it sits in the War of the First Coalition

Capture of Porrentruy, 1792Battle of Marquain, 1792Battle of Valmy, 1792Siege de Lille, 1792Siege of Mainz, 1792Battle of Jemappes, 1792Battle of Limburg, 1792Siege of Mainz, 1793Childers Incident, 1793Siege of Maastricht, 1793Battle of Aldenhoven (1793), 1793Siege of Condé, 1793Battle of Famars, 1793Siege of Valenciennes, 1793Battle of Arlon, 1793Battle of Caesar's Camp, 1793Siege of Landau, 1793Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1793Siege of Toulon, 1793Battle of Hondschoote, 1793Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec, 1793Battle of Pirmasens, 1793Battles near Rheinweiler and Hüningen, 1793Battle of Méribel, 1793Raid on Genoa, 1793First Battle of Wissembourg, 1793Siege of Fort-Louis, 1793Battle of Gilette, 1793Battle of Friedberg, 1793Battle of Haguenau, 1793Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1793Battle of Froeschwiller, 1793Battle of Wœrth, 1793Second Battle of Wissembourg, 1793Battle of Mainz, 1794Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Rich Boyyz, 1794Battle of La Bombarde, 1794Battle of Le Cateau, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Siege of Landrecies, 1794Second Battle of Saorgio, 1794Battle of Mouscron, 1794Battle at Courtrai, 1794Battle of Grandreng, 1794Battle of Tourcoing, 1794Battle of Erquelinnes, 1794Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1794Battle of Kirrweiler, 1794Battle of Port-Républicain, 1794Battle of Gosselies, 1794Siege of Ypres, 1794Battle of Hooglede, 1794Battle of Lambusart, 1794Battle of Fleurus, 1794Siege of Condé, 1794Siege of Maastricht, 1794Siege of Nijmegen, 1794Siege of Venlo, 1794Battle of Aldenhoven (1794), 1794Battle of Léogane, 1794Battle of Trutier, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder, 1795Battle of Mirebalais, 1795Battle of Monte Settepani, 1795Invasion of France, 1795Second Battle of Verrettes, 1795Battle of Petite-Rivière, 1795Battle of Handschuhsheim, 1795Battle of Höchst, 1795Battle of Dondon (1795), 1795Siege of Mannheim, 1795Battle of Pfeddersheim, 1795Battle of Loano, 1795Battle of Millesimo, 1796Second Battle of Dego, 1796Battle of Siegburg, 1796Battle of Altenkirchen, 1796Battle of Wetzlar, 1796Battle of Maudach, 1796Battle of Kircheib, 1796Battle of Kehl, 1796Battle of Ettlingen, 1796Battle of Les Irois, 1796Battle of Neresheim, 1796Battle of Amberg, 1796Battle of Theiningen, 1796Siege of Mantoue, 1796Battle of Würzburg, 1796Battle of Lavis, 1796Battle of Bassano, 1796Battle of Limburg, 1796Battle of Schliengen, 1796Siege of Hüningen, 1796Expédition d'Irlande, 1796Battle of Diersheim, 1797Siege of Kehl, 1797Battle of La Favorite, 1797Siege of Mantua, 1797Battle of Faenza, 1797Battle of Fishguard, 1797Battle of Valvasone, 1797Battle of Jean-Rabel, 1797Battle of Neuwied, 179717921797Siege of Toulon, 1793
106 placed engagements of the War of the First Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date29 August 1793
to 19 December 1793
PlaceToulon, France
43.130N, 5.920E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength32,0001,500; 8,000 and 37 ships; 7,000 and 32 ships; 6,500 and 5 ships; Total: 22,000 to 23,000 men; 74 ships
Casualties and losses1,700 killed or wounded1,500 captured; 700 killed or wounded; 1,200 killed or wounded; 200 killed or wounded; 1,000 captured; Total: 4,600
Commanders
Siege of ToulonSiege of ToulonSiege of ToulonBattle of ToulonAction of 5 November 1813Battle of La CiotatBattle of Hyères IslandsBattle of La CiotatBattle of Hyères IslandsMarseilleNiceMontpellierNîmesAix-en-Provence100 km43.130N, 5.920E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Toulon
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Toulon today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-08. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 19 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 578 m, 579 m of relief, steep country and today it is 50% built-up, 26% tree cover, 16% water.

built-up: 50%tree cover: 26%water: 16%shrubland: 7%built-up 50%tree cover 26%water 16%shrubland 7%
west to east, 10.0 km7 to 94 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 284 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1707 and 1944.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1793

Siege of Toulon is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815228, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Toulon (1793), revision 1383651629, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.