What is "directoire"

Usage examples of "directoire".

But immediately afterwards the Directoire was faced by the unpleasant fact that their new general, disregarding his instructions, had concluded an armistice with Sardinia.

Already in less than a month, Bonaparte, as he now called himself, had shown that he was a great general, and moreover a politician who might become a danger to the Directoire itself.

From that moment a veiled struggle began between the two, the Directoire attempting to reduce the power and influence of its general, Bonaparte constantly appealing from the Directoire to the public by rhetorical accounts of his victories and proceedings.

While Bonaparte was invading Lombardy and attacking the great Austrian fortress of Mantua, the Directoire had to deal with conspiracy in Paris.

The Revolution turned him into a collectivist, and with the Directoire in power, and a middle class reaction in full swing, Babeuf began to be an influence.

Before the close of the year the Directoire pushed a step further, and Hoche made an attempt, frustrated by bad weather, to disembark in Ireland, which was ready to revolt against England.

The Directoire withdrew Bernadotte with a strong division from Germany to strengthen Bonaparte, and raised his army to 70,000 men.

Bale and a moderate, to the Directoire instead of Letourneur, who retired by rotation.

Had not Bonaparte systematically bled Italy of money and treasure the Directoire could not have conducted business so long.

Partly from weakness, partly to create a diversion, the Directoire was now drifting into a new war.

The best army and the best general of the Directoire were cut off in Egypt.

The Directoire suffered heavily in prestige by the events of a war which it had so lightly provoked and was so incompetent to conduct.

France of the Directoire and placing something more effective in its stead.

Hortense, Pauline, have all the grace and fascination of the earlier age, merge with it the abandon of the Directoire period, and touch the whole with the romanticism and individualism of the coming century.

Many observers are puzzled by the gradual and insidious return recently to the mode of the Directoire, and can see in it no significance other than weariness of some other mode.