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uye Stockach mukupera kwaMarch. Aodzwa mwoyo uye aine utano hwakakanganisika, akaisa mutungamiriri wacho mumaoko aGeneral André Masséna. Akatangazve mabasa ake ezvematongerwe enyika uye akanga ari muvengi akakurumbira weCoup de 18 Brumaire, pashure pacho akadzingwa muDare reVane Mazana Mashanu. Nokukurumidza, zvisinei, iye akachinjaniswa nenzira yapamutemo ne"chirongwa" chitsva, uye akagamuchira basa idzva rechiuto nerevoruzhinji kubva kuna Napoleon. Muna 1800, Jourdan akava muongorori mukuru wevatasvi vemabhiza nevatasvi vemabhiza uye mumiriri wezvido zveFrance muCisalpine Republic.