Napoleon's preoccupation was always for the East: on February 21st, 1803, he had charged his Minister of Marine to send arms and ammunition to the Suliotes and Maniotes then revolting against the Sultan; and at midsummer French agents were at ragusa to prepare for a landing at the mouth of the River Cattaro.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
In fact, as will appear in the next chapter, Napoleon now usurped the place in Germany previously held by the Hapsburgs, and extended his influence as far east as the River Inn, and, on the south, down to the remote city of ragusa on the Adriatic.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
His hold on Dalmatia, ragusa, and Corfu was not wholly assured.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose