Napoleon on the Scene.— The incompe tency of the Directory resulted in another corn bination of European powers against it, includ ing England, Russia, Austria, Germany, Tur key, Naples, Piedmont and the Barbary States; and the French government was forced to resort to conscription to obtain an army with which to meet the threatened danger. The wonderful successes of the comparatively weak forces of France against this strong coalition managed to keep alive the Directory but did not in any way help it to mend its ways, which had long ago become hopeless. The return of Napoleon to France in 1799 turned all eyes toward him as the coming savior of the nation. On 9 Nov. 1799, the Council of the Ancients ordered the removal of the two consuls, confiding the task to Bonaparte; and on the following day he cleared the Hall of the 500 who protested against his action; and from that moment he was dictator of France.
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