 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Tichifunga nezvokukundwa kweFrance kuchamhembe kweItaly, MacDonald akarayirwa kuti agadzire mauto pakati nepakati peItaly uye kuti auye kuchamhembe nemapoka eMauto eNaples. Murayiro wacho wakasvika musi wa 14 April 1799 uye MacDonald akatanga kufamba kwake kuchamhembe musi wa 7 May. MacDonald akadana Salme kuti atungamirire 2,997-murume wemauto Advance Guard iyo yakaumbwa ne15th Light 1,390 varume uye 11th Line 1,440 varume Infantry Demi-brigades, 94 mauto kubva ku25th Chasseurs à Cheval uye 53 vapfuri uye vapfuri. Na8:00 mangwanani musi wa17 June 1799, MacDonald akatanga Hondo yeTrebbianokutuma varwi 18 700 kubva kumapoka aClaude Perrin Victor, Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca naJean Henri Dombrowski pamwe chete neSalmes Advance Guard kuti vaite chiito. Pakutanga vaFrance vakadzosera maAustria aPeter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz asi vashandi vakatanga kusvika kusvikira mutungamiri weCoalition Alexander Suvorov aine 30,656 maAustria nemaRussia pamunda. MacDonald akanga akuvadzwa muHondo yeModena ndokutuma Victor kuti atungamirire kurwisa. Asi Victor haana kutongotungamirira mauto zuva iroro uye vaFrance vakarwa vasina ruoko runotungamirira. Gare gare muzuva racho, Salmes Advance Guard yakafukidza kudzokera kwemapoka matatu echiFrench shure kweRwizi Tidone. 