 The French Directory did as well . In mid April , suffering from an nephritic complaint , Jourdan handed over command to his chief of staff , general of division Jean Augustin Ernouf , and returned to Paris to complain about the lack of men , the inexperience of the men he had , their supplies , and the size , experience , and supply of the army he had to face . He found little sympathy there , and when he told the Directory that he was ill , tendering his resignation , it was accepted . 
