France, after seizing the Low Countries in …
Years: 1795 - 1795
France, after seizing the Low Countries in a surprise winter attack, establishes the Batavian Republic as a puppet state.
The king of Prussia had retired from any active part in the war even before the close of 1794, and on April 5, 1795, he concludes with France the Peace of Basel, which recognizes France's occupation of the left bank of the Rhine.
The new French-dominated Dutch government buys peace by surrendering Dutch territory to the south of that river.
A treaty of peace between France and Spain follows in July.
The grand duke of Tuscany had been admitted to terms in February.
The allied coalition thus falls into ruin and France proper will be free from invasion for many years.
Britain attempts to reinforce the rebels in the Vendée by landing French Royalist troops at Quiberon, but fails, and attempts to overthrow the government at Paris by force are foiled by the military garrison led by Napoleon Bonaparte, leading to the establishment of the Directory.
On the Rhine frontier, General Pichegru, negotiating with the exiled Royalists, betrays his army and forces the evacuation of Mannheim and the failure of the siege of Mainz by Jourdan.
The king of Prussia had retired from any active part in the war even before the close of 1794, and on April 5, 1795, he concludes with France the Peace of Basel, which recognizes France's occupation of the left bank of the Rhine.
The new French-dominated Dutch government buys peace by surrendering Dutch territory to the south of that river.
A treaty of peace between France and Spain follows in July.
The grand duke of Tuscany had been admitted to terms in February.
The allied coalition thus falls into ruin and France proper will be free from invasion for many years.
Britain attempts to reinforce the rebels in the Vendée by landing French Royalist troops at Quiberon, but fails, and attempts to overthrow the government at Paris by force are foiled by the military garrison led by Napoleon Bonaparte, leading to the establishment of the Directory.
On the Rhine frontier, General Pichegru, negotiating with the exiled Royalists, betrays his army and forces the evacuation of Mannheim and the failure of the siege of Mainz by Jourdan.
People
Groups
- Tuscany, Grand Duchy of
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Prussia, Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Netherlands, Southern (Austrian)
- French First Republic
- Netherlands, Southern (French)
- Batavian Republic
Topics
- French Revolution
- French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War”
- Vendée, War in the
- French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1795
