CHRONOLOGY OF THE 'DIRECTOIRE' EPOCH

The five Directors take possession of the government. Bonaparte named gênerai in chief of the army of

Italy.

Proclamation of the Batavian republic.

Bonaparte marries Joséphine Beauharnais.

Charette shot at Nantes. Hoche puts down the

Vendean insurrection.

Battle of Montenotte.

Battle of Millesimo.

Battle of Mondovi.

Socialist conspiracy of Babeuf.

Battle of the bridge of Lodi.

Napoléon enters Milan.

Peace with Sardinia and Parma.

Massena occupies Verona.

Peace with Naples.

Peace with the Pope.

Massena occupies the lines of the Tyrol. Mantua besieged by the French.

Battle of Lonato.

Battle of Castiglione. Secret Treaty between France

and Prussia.

Alliance between France and Spain.

Battle of Wlirtzburg.

Conspiracy of the Jacobins. Attack on the camp

of Grenelle.

The . French retreat behind the Lahn. Death of

Marceau.

Oct. Brilliant retreat of gênerai Moreau.

,, lo. Treaty between the French government and the

king of Naples.

Oct. 29.

Feb. 23.

March i.

April II.

May 10.