A watan Satumbar 1796, an tura Weyrother zuwa Arewacin Italiya, inda ya yi yaƙi a yakin Bassano a ƙarƙashin Field Marshal Dagobert von Wurmser, ya bambanta kansa a yakin Bassano a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba 1796. Daga nan sai ya shiga sabon yunƙurin sauƙaƙe Mantua, yana aiki a kan ma'aikatan Feldzeugmeister József Alvinczi, yana taimakawa wajen tsara kamfen ɗin, wanda ya ƙare a cikin rashin nasara da Bonaparte a
Yaƙin Arcole. Shirinsa na yakin Rivoli ya ba da damar yin amfani da karfi guda uku da suka rabu da juna kuma ya bukaci wani sashi na gefe don tafiya a fadin tuddai a watan Janairu. Babban ɗan leƙen asirin Napoleon, Toli, wanda ya sami kwafin shirin ci gaba a watan Janairun 1797, wanda ya ƙare da nasarar Austriya a Yaƙin Rivoli da kuma sakamakon mika wuya na sansanin soja na Mantua.