Pichegre's Political Career Will Not End Soon

The campaign of 17 95 did not go well for the french. They failed to capture any territory east of the rhine, they had actually given up ground. The strategy devised by carnot in the directory for the campaign of 17 96 was basically just a more ambitious re tread of the campaign strategy for 17 95 except this time without a treasonous general in charge of one of the two armies.