Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wurmser ya sake ƙarfafawa don rama wasu asarar 20,000 da aka samu a cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya sauƙaƙe kewaye da Mantua. An bar wasu sojojin Austriya 45,000 a baya don kare kansu daga duk wani sabon harin Faransa yayin da babban bangare na sojojin Austriya ya koma Mantua. A Rovereto
a ranar 4 ga watan Satumba, Bonaparte ya yi nasara a kan Austrians kuma ya kasance mai kyau don ya kai hari a baya na sojojin Wurmser. Da yake amsawa a hankali ga wannan sabon barazanar, Austrians sun sake ci nasara a yakin Bassano, inda sojojin su suka rage zuwa 12,000 kawai. Sauran dakarun sun yi tafiya cikin sauri zuwa Mantua, amma Janar Masséna ya kama su a can.