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In Oct., 1795, the Convention was assailed by a royalist Parisian uprising, and Paul Barras persuaded the Convention to place Bonaparte in command of the troops. Napoleon dispersed the mob with what he called "a whiff of grapeshot"-which killed about 100 insurgents. He was given command of the army of the interior.

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Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle later famously recorded that, on this occasion, Bonaparte gave his opponent a "Whiff of Grapeshot" and ...

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whiff¹

noun

1. 1.

   a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly.

   "I caught a whiff of eau de cologne"

   Similar:

   faint smell

   brief smell

   trace

   sniff

   scent

   odour

   aroma
2. 2.

   a puff or breath of air or smoke.

   "whiffs of smoke emerged from the boiler"

   Similar:

   puff

   gust

   blast

   rush

   flurry

   gale

   breath

   draught

   waft

verb

1. 1.

   get a brief or faint smell of.

   "he whiffed the broth that was simmering on the stove"
2. 2.

   INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN

   (chiefly in baseball or golf) try unsuccessfully to hit the ball.

grapeshot

noun

HISTORICAL

1. ammunition consisting of a number of small iron balls fired together from a cannon.