A shekara ta 1797 an aike shi don ya dakatar da nasarar Janar Bonaparte a Italiya, kuma ya jagoranci koma baya na Austrians da suka fi dacewa da kwarewa mafi girma. A cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe na 1799 ya sake adawa da Jourdan, wanda ya ci nasara a yaƙe-yaƙe na
Ostrach da Stockach, suna bin nasararsa ta mamaye Switzerland da kuma kayar da Masséna a Yaƙin farko na Zurich, bayan haka ya sake shiga Jamus kuma ya sake tura Faransawa a kan Rhine.