<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Lapho kuvinjezelwa iMantua okwesikhashana ekuqaleni kuka-August 1796, uLauer waqondisa ukulungiswa kwezingange zayo. Ngo-19 Agasti, uMbusi uFrancis II wayala uWurmser ukuba enze omunye umzamo wokukhulula idolobha futhi waqoka uLauer njengomphathi wakhe. Lapho enza uhlelo lokuhlasela, uLauer wacabanga ukuthi ukulahlekelwa kwakuzovimbela amaFulentshi ukuba asabele ngokushesha ekuhlaselweni yi-Austria. Le nkolelo yaba iphutha lapho uBonaparte ephonsa amabutho amathathu enyakatho esigodini esiphezulu soMfula i-Adige. Ngemva kokunqoba amabutho kaPaul Davidovich  <response>: Ngemva kweMpi YaseRovereto, umkhuzi wamabutho aseFrance wathumela amabutho akhe empumalanga, abese ehla eningizimu ehla esigodini soMfula iBrenta. UBonaparte wagumbuqela uWurmser eMpini yaseBassano ngoSeptemba 8, wabe esemlandela njengoba ayeya eMantua. Ekugcineni, uWurmser wavinjezelwa eMantua kanye namasosha acishe abe ngu - 30 000. Ngokufaneleka kwakhe, uLauer kamuva waba indoda eyinhloko phakathi nokuvikela iMantua ngenkani. Ekugcineni inqaba yanikezela ngoFebhuwari 2, 1797. 