Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1795, neBumbiro reMutemo reGore III, France yakagumisa nyonganyonga dzeKutonga Kweutsinye, ndokuisa hurumende inochengetedza zvikuru yeDirectorate. Nokuda kwa 1796, Directory akarayira kuvhurwa guru
kurwisa kaviri kurwisa First Coalition: kurwisa kukuru kumadokero pamusoro peRhine (pasi paJean-Baptiste Jourdan naJean Victor Marie Moreau) kupinda munyika dzeGerman dzeHoly Roman Empire, uye kurwisa kwekutsausa kurwisa maAustria nevabatsiri vavo kumaodzanyemba, kuchamhembe kweItaly. Kutungamirirwa kwehondo yeItaly kwakapiwa mukuru wechiduku (ane makore 27 panguva iyoyo) Napoleon Bonaparte, uyo muna April 1796 akayambuka Alps nevarume 45 000 kuti asangane nevaAustria nevaPiemontese.