A Brief History of the French Army in Italy

The French army in northern italy was virtually back to where it had been before bonaparte showed up. With the defeats mounting and more on the way, the political situation in paris grew dire for the triumvirate running the directory. The opportunistic wild card, paul barra, already had one foot out the door. Then either fate or some very sneaky behind the scenes made Jean-Francois rubel official francois rubell's retirement a bigger vacuum than just one seat inside the directory.