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Why was Jean Victor Moreau dismissed?

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Despite his successes on the Rhine and in Germany (1796-97), he was dismissed for withholding compromising information about General Pichegru after the coup of 18 Fructidor (1797); he was later reinstated (Apr., 1799) at the head of the French army in Italy.

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