The defeat of the royalist insurrection earned Bonaparte sudden fame, wealth, and the patronage of the new government, the Directory.
Under the leadership of Napoleon, the attackers were repelled on Octo(13 Vendémiaire). In October 1795, royalists in Paris declared a rebellion against the National Convention.Following the fall of Robespierre and the Thermidorian Reaction in July 1794, Napoleon, although closely associated with Robespierre, was released from the arrest within two weeks and asked to draw up plans to attack Italian positions in the context of France’s war with Austria.Catching the attention of the Committee of Public Safety, he was put in charge of the artillery of France’s Army of Italy. Bonaparte was promoted to brigadier general at the age of 24.He supported the republican Jacobin movement and was promoted to captain in 1792, despite exceeding his leave of absence and leading a riot against a French army in Corsica. He spent the early years of the Revolution in Corsica, fighting in a complex three-way struggle among royalists, revolutionaries, and Corsican nationalists.
