Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'afọ 1795, site na Iwu nke Afọ III, France kwụsịrị ọgba aghara nke Ọchịchị Iyi Egwu, ma wụnye usoro nchịkwa nke Directory. N'afọ 1796, Directory nyere iwu ka e buo agha kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ
megide First Coalition: isi ọgụ ọdịda anyanwụ n'elu Rhine (n'okpuru Jean-Baptiste Jourdan na Jean Victor Marie Moreau) n'ime German na-ekwu nke Nsọ Alaeze Ukwu Rom, na a diversionary agha megide Austrians na ndị ha na ha jikọrọ aka na ndịda, na n'ebe ugwu Italy. E nyefere onye ọchịagha na-eto eto (nke dị afọ 27 n'oge ahụ) bụ́ Napoleon Bonaparte, onye na-eduzi mkpọsa Ịtali, bụ́ onye kpọọrọ ndị ikom 45,000 gafee Alps n'April 1796 iji chee ndị Austria na ndị Piedmont ihu.