Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1799, Bellegarde duziri otu ndị agha n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Switzerland, na-ejikọta ndị agha nke Archduke Charles na Aleksandr Suvorov, ma mesịa sonyere nke ikpeazụ a n'ebe ugwu Ịtali. Ọ duziri nnọchibido nke ebe e wusiri ike nke Alessandria, ma nọrọ na Agha Novi. Mgbe ndị Austria meriri n'agha nke Marengo (nke nwanne ya nwoke bụ Friedrich Bellegarde duziri otu ndị agha), Emperor Francis nke Abụọ nke Austria họpụtara Bellegarde ka ọ na-edu ndị agha na Italytali na ọkwa nke General of Cavalry. N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Disemba, ndị France meriri Bellegarde na
Agha nke Pozzolo.