 Nekuita kwake paPastrengo panguva yeHondo yeVerona Grandjean akamanikidza maAustria 1.200 kuisa pasi zvombo zvavo. Nokuda kwechiito ichi akawana kukwidziridzwa muhondo kuti ave mukuru mukuru we brigade musi wa 26 March 1799. Akatungamirira brigade muchikamu chaAntoine Guillaume Delmas paHondo yeMagnanomusi waApril 5, 1799. Chikamu ichi chaisanganisira mabhatani matatu rimwe nerimwe re26th, 31st uye 93rd Line Infantry Demi-brigades, grenadier battalion, 1,800 vatasvi vemabhiza uye kambani yezvombo zvepfuti. Mutungamiriri wehondo yeFrance Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer akabvumira mapoka ake kuti arwe ari oga. Mapoka epadivi reruboshwe akabudirira asi Delmas ari pakati akanga anonoka kurwa uye mapoka epadivi rerudyi echiFrench akakurirwa nenhamba dzakakwirira. Schérer akabvuma kukunda kwevaAustria ndokutanga kudzokera shure kwenguva refu. 