The Napoleonic Quarterly4 Sep 2021

Episode 16: Q4-1795 - The whiff of grapeshot

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1795. October. November. December. Three months in which Napoleon Bonaparte takes on tens of thousands of armed Parisians amidst the blood and gore of Vendemiare… Austrian, Prussian, and Russian representatives meet on 24 October 1795 to dissolve the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth… And in north Italy the French perform a real comeback by sending the Austrians packing at the Battle of Loano. This is episode 16 of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the whiff of grapeshot hangs over Paris.

[04:51] - Military historian Paul Demet wraps up the Mannheim offensive story begun in episode 15

[15:15] - Professor David Andress of the University of Portsmouth describes the drama of Vendemiare in October 1795, when Napoleon Bonaparte plays a key role in defending the Convention against tens of thousands of armed Parisians

[28:10] - Frederick Schneid, Herman and Louise Smith Professor of History at High Point University, sets the scene for the north Italian theatre and talks through the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and the Battle of Loano

[48:25] - Historian and author Adam Zamoyski reflects on the Third Polish Partition

Plus throughout Professor Emeritus Charles Esdaile of the University of Liverpool and Professor Alexander Mikaberidze of Louisiana State University-Shreveport offer their analysis of the situation now that "the Revolution, for all practical matters, is done".

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