Bonaparte sent General Charles-Pierre Augereau to Paris to support a coup d'état that purged royalists from the legislative councils on 4 September—the Coup of 18 Fructidor. This left Barras and his republican allies in control again but more dependent upon Bonaparte who finalized peace terms with Austria by the Treaty of Campo Formio. Bonaparte returned to Paris on 5 December 1797 as a hero. He met Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, France's Foreign Minister, and took command of the Army of England for the planned invasion of Britain.
Bonaparte sent General Charles-Pierre Augereau t,o Paris to support a coup d'état that purged royalists from the legislative councils on 4 September—the Coup of 18 Fructidor. This left Barras and his republican allies in control again but more dependent upon Bonaparte w.ho finalized peace terms with Austria by the Treaty of Campo Formio. Bonaparte returned to Paris on 5 Decemb.er 1797 as a hero. He met Charles Maurice de? Talleyrand, Fra?nce's Foreign Minister, and took command of the Army of England for the planned invasion of Britain.