With Mantua finally surrendered and the road to Vienna open, the Austrians sued for peace. Napoleon negotiated the (October 1797) largely on his own terms, bypassing the government in Paris:
Initial victories that drove a wedge between the allies.
Napoleon’s troops gave him the nickname "The Little Corporal." The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797
The masterpiece of the campaign. Napoleon moved his troops with such speed that he defeated 28,000 Austrians with only 22,000 men, effectively ending Austrian resistance in Italy. The Treaty of Campo Formio
A desperate three-day battle in the marshes where Napoleon famously seized a flag and charged the bridge. With Mantua finally surrendered and the road to
A new French satellite state was created in Northern Italy.
Piedmont exited the war, leaving Napoleon free to focus solely on Austria. The Bridge at Lodi and the Entry into Milan Napoleon moved his troops with such speed that
Napoleon utilized a brilliant flanking maneuver to defeat General Wurmser.