Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1796, a matsayin kyaftin, Bessières ya tafi ya yi aiki a yaƙin Italiya na Napoleon Bonaparte. A Rovereto
halinsa ya kawo shi ga sanarwa na shugabansa, kuma bayan yakin Rivoli an tura shi zuwa Faransa don isar da launuka da aka kama zuwa Directory. Da sauri ya koma gaba, ya bi Napoleon a cikin mamayewar Styria a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Jagora, waɗanda suka zama ainihin masu tsaron gidan sarki da na sarki.