Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchiitiko, Bonaparte akakunda Beaulieu munguva yeMontenotte Campaign. Pashure pokunge vaFrench vatema rutivi rwake rworudyi muhondo dzeMontenotte neDego
, Beaulieu akatarisa asingaiti chiito sezvo vaFrance vakarova Sardinia kunze kwehondo muhondo dzeMillesimo, Ceva, neMondovì. Beaulieu akadzokera nemauto ake shure kwePo, achitarisira kuti rwizi rwacho rwaizomisa kufambira mberi kwevaFrance. Asi Bonaparte akafamba akananga kumadokero kuti ayambuke rwizi pedyo nePiacenza, ari shure kwechikwata chemauto okuAustria chokuruboshwe. VaFrance vakakunda Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud muhondo yeFombio musi wa7 kusvika 9 Chivabvu 1796. Nokukurumidza, Beaulieu akabvisa hondo yake kumabvazuva, achisiya uto raitungamirirwa naKarl Philipp Sebottendorf kuti rigadzire zambuko riri paRwizi rweAdda paLodi. Bonaparte akatora zambuko muHondo yeLodi musi wa 10 Chivabvu, achidzosera Sebottendorf nekurasikirwa kwevanhu zviuru zviviri uye pfuti gumi nemana. VaAustria vakasiya Dunhu reMilan ndokudzokera kuRwizi rweMincio. Kukundwa kuduku paHondo yeBorghetto musi wa30 Chivabvu kwakamanikidza Beaulieu kusiya mutsetse weMincio uye kudzokera kuchamhembe kuTirol. Asati abva mumupata wePo, akasiya varwi vakasimba munhare yeMantua. Kukombwa kweMantua kwaizova chinhu chinonyanya kukosheswa nehondo dzakawanda mukati megore rose ra1796. Munguva yokudzokera shure, Beaulieu akabvisa Lipthay pakuva mukuru wevarindi vekumashure nokuti akanga adzokera shure nokukurumidza. Thomas Graham, mucherechedzi wechiNgezi neuto reHabsburg, akacherechedza kuti Beaulieu airatidzika kuva aitarisira zvakawanda zvikuru kuvarwi vake, akatsamwa, uye aiwanzopa mhosva kukundikana kwezvirongwa zvake pane vamwe nokuda kwokusaita zvakanaka mirairo yake. Graham akazvidembawo pamusoro pe"zvinhu zviduku" pakati pevakuru vakuru vokuAustria.