1799 ⟶ Directory Arrests General Championnet
February 24: The Directory orders the arrest of General Cham...
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👮 Convention Orders Dumouriez's Arrest
March 30: The Convention orders Dumouriez to return to Paris, and sends four commissaires and Pierre de Ruel, the Minister of War, to arrest him.⟶
French RevolutionDumouriezConventionMilitaryArrestGeneralWarPolitical Intrigue1793
👮 General Hoche Arrested and Imprisoned
March 20: Arrest of General Hoche, a member of the Cordeliers. He is freed in August after the fall of Robespierre.⟶
arrestimprisonmentmilitaryCordeliersRobespierreFrench Revolutionpolitical repressionThermidorian ReactionHocheGeneral
👮 Convention Arrests Fouché and Montagnard Deputies
August 9: The Convention orders the arrest of Joseph Fouché and several other Montagnard deputies.⟶
French RevolutionThe ConventionMontagnardsFouchéPolitical PurgesThermidorian ReactionPolitical IntrigueRepressionDeputiesArrest
👮 Directory Arrests General Championnet
February 24: The Directory orders the arrest of General Championnet.⟶
French RevolutionDirectoryMilitaryGeneralArrestPolitical IntrigueChampionnetWarInternal Conflict
⚔️ Directory Promotes Commanders Joubert and Championnet
July 5: Two commanders with neo-Jacobin sympathies are promoted by the Directory: Joubert is named new commander of the Army of Italy, and Championnet is chosen to command the Army of the Alps.⟶
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🏛️ Council of Five Hundred Rejects Trial of Former Directory Members
August 18: The Council of Five Hundred decides, by a vote of 217–214, not to arrest and try the former members of the Directory accused of royalist sympathies.⟶
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