Napoleon was born in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica, France, on August 15, 1769. On May 15, 1779, at the age of nine, Napoleon was assigned to the French Army School in Brienne-le-Château, a town near Troyes. Napoleon and his family did well on their home island. His father, Carlo Buonaparte, was a lawyer, his mother, Letizia Ramolino, was lucky enough not to have to work, so she was close to Napoleon during much of his childhood. They were able to pay for the best education for Napoleon and because of this he was a brilliant man. He had to learn French before entering school, but all his life he spoke with an Italian accent and never learned to write correctly. After graduating from Brienne in 1784, Bonaparte was admitted to the elite École Royale Militaire in Paris, where he completed the two-year course of study in just one year. Although he had sought a naval career, he studied artillery at the École Militaire. After graduating in September 1785, he was promoted to second lieutenant of artillery in January 1786, at the age of 16. Napoleon was appointed artillery commander in the French forces, which had rebelled against the republican government and were occupied by the English. troops. He devised a successful plan: he placed cannons at Point 'Eguillete, threatening the British ships in the harbor, forcing them to retreat. A successful assault, during which Bonaparte was wounded in the thigh, led to the reconquest of the city and Napoleon's promotion to brigadier general. His remarkable victories were the result of his ability to apply his knowledge of military thinking to real-world situations, as demonstrated by his creative use of artillery tactics, using it as a mobile force to support his infantry. Napoleon often said: "I have fought sixty battles and have learned nothing that I did not know at the beginning." In March 1798, Bonaparte proposed the military conquest of Egypt, then a province of the Ottoman Empire, seeking to protect French trade. routes. After landing on the coast of Egypt, he fought the Battle of the Pyramids against the Mamluks, a Middle Eastern power four miles from the pyramids. Bonaparte's forces were significantly outnumbered by the Mamluk cavalry, 20,000 to 60,000, but Bonaparte formed empty squares, keeping cannons and supplies safely inside..