jun 1, 1798 - Invasion of Malta

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- Angered Tsar Paul of Russia
- Alliance of Austria, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Several German and Italian states
- New coalition against France
- Grandmaster refused Napoleon's demands that his entire convoy e allowed into the Grand Harbour insisting that Malta's neutrality meant only to ships could enter at a time
- Napoleon ordered an attack
- Many French knights desterted order

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