This man first rose to prominence after he developed a plan to regain the port city of Toulon from British control.
This man first rose to prominence after he developed a plan to regain the port city of Toulon from British control. His use of artillery in crowd control was later termed by Thomas Carlyle as a "whiff of grapeshot." He suffered his first major loss in Egypt, where the British navy handily defeated his forces at the Battle of the Nile. Following the Treaty of Luneville and the Treaty of Amiens, ending the wars of the Second Coalition, he held a plebiscite to confirm his position as head of state. For 10 points, name this man, the leader who in 1804 crowned himself Emperor of France.
This man first rose to prominence after he developed a plan to regain the port city of Toulon from British control.
{Napoleon} {Bonaparte} I [accept either underlined portion]