Pichegru Conspiracy

The affair provoked the old aristocracy to oppose the regime as well as strengthening the influence of the Minister of Police, Joseph Fouché.

[2] Originally exiled from France for his loyalty to the royalists in the Coup of 18 Fructidor, Pichegru made contact with Cadoudal in London of 1803.

[4] But in January 1804 when the conspirators smuggled themselves from England into France, Moreau was appalled with the unorganized nature of their planning.

Many of their associates were in prison and at this point, it seemed as if the police were letting Pichegru and Cadoudal continue in hopes to officially implicate Moreau.

Moreau struck a deal with Napoleon and ended up being exiled to the United States while Cadoudal was executed on June 25, 1804.