A watan Afrilu 1796, ya umurci Dama Wing a karkashin sabon kwamandan soja, Johann Beaulieu, ɗan'uwansa Walloon. A lokacin yakin Montenotte, sojojin Faransa a karkashin Napoleon Bonaparte sun lalata reshen Argenteau a yakin Montenotte da
Dego. - Ta yaya? Bayan wadannan nasarorin, sojojin Beaulieu sun kasance da yawa a yayin da Faransawa suka fitar da masarautar Sardinia-Piedmont daga Coalition na Farko. Duk da wadannan abubuwan da suka faru, Argenteau ya karbi Knight's Cross na Soja na Maria Theresa a watan Mayu 1796.