 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Kurwiswa kweMantua kwakakurumidza kusimudzwa mukuvamba kwaAugust 1796, Lauer akatarisira kugadziriswa kwenzvimbo dzayo dzokuchengetedza. Musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu, Mambo Francis II akarayira Wurmser kuti aedze zvakare kubvisa guta uye akatumidza Lauer semukuru wevashandi vake. Pakugadzira hurongwa hwekurwisa, Lauer akafungidzira kuti kurasikirwa kwaizodzivisa maFrance kubva pakukurumidza kuita chiito kune chiitiko cheAustria. Kudavira uku kwakabvumikisa kuva kusina kururama apo Bonaparte akakandira mapoka matatu kuchamhembe mumupata wokumusoro worwizi rwaAdige. Pashure pokukunda mauto aPaul Davidovich muHondo yeRovereto, mutungamiriri wechiFrench akatumira mauto ake kumabvazuva, ndokuzoenda kumaodzanyemba nomumupata weRwizi rweBrenta. Bonaparte akaparadza Wurmser muHondo yeBassanomusi waSeptember 8, ndokuzomutevera sezvaaifamba akananga kuMantua. Pakupedzisira, Wurmser akabatwa muMantua pamwe chete nevarwi vanenge 30 000. Kuti arumbidzwe, Lauer pashure pacho akabvumikisa kuva murume anokosha mukati mokudzivirirwa kweMantua kwakasimba zvikuru. Nhare yacho pakupedzisira yakazvipira pana 2 February 1797. 