Coup d\'etat of the 18 fructidor year V

The coup d'etat of the 18 fructidor year V (September 4th 1797) is a coup d'etat carried out under the Directoire by the three Directors (of which Paul Barras) constant by the army, against the moderate ones and the royalist , majority in the Councils (Conseil of the Five hundred and Conseil of Old the). This coup d'etat marked a reinforcement of the executive to the detriment it legislative power.

In 1797, during the annual renewal of the third of the Councils, the royalists, presenting itself as defenders of the order, find themselves majority in the two councils representing the legislative power. They succeeded in making name a director (François de Barthélemy). The Councils then remove the laws against the refractory emigrants and priests. The Directory is found then divided into two camps, the first represented by Barthélemy and Carnot is favorable in the majority royalist, the second represented by Reubel and Reveilliere is firmly republican. Between the two Barras tergiversates and ends up lining up as regards republican after the discovery of suspect documents carried by a royalist agent: the count d' Antraigues (Louis-Alexandre de Launay), stopped by Bonaparte. The 18 fructidor year V, the general Augereau, sent of Italy made occupy Paris.

Coup d'etat

The informed “triumvirs”, decided to precede Clichiens (crypto-royalists) while immediately making stop their chiefs. At dawn, Augereau made occupy Paris militarily. The director François de Barthélémy, the president of the council of the Five hundreds Siméon, the president of the council of Old the Andre-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat, the general Jean-Charles Pichegru, the general Amédée Willot, a certain number of deputies and journalists were stopped. Posters were placarded in Paris, revealing according to papers of Louis-Alexandre de Launay the treason of Jean-Charles Pichegru. The two Directors favorable to the royalists were relieved, of many deputies and off-set priests, and the elections of 49 departments were cancelled. It was this coup d'etat which made escape with Lazare Carnot, with which one had made fear the arrest.

External bonds

  • site on AD Laffon de Ladebat
  • site on the coup d'etat of the 18 fructidor

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