What military tactics is Joachim Murat credited for on 13 Vendémiaire?
Artillery Seizure
Infantry charges
Defense fortifications
Covert operations
Answer
The key to Joachim Murat's success on 13 Vendémiaire, also known as the "whiff of grapeshot", was his bold and decisive employment of artillery. Recognizing that the royalist insurgents posed a significant threat to the newly formed French republic, Murat deployed cannons against their advancing forces.
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