<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho ukuvinjezelwa kweMantua kuphakama kafushane ekuqaleni kuka-August 1796, uLauer waqondisa ukulungiswa kwezinqaba 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 ayemvikela eMpini yaseRovereto  <response>: , umkhuzi wamabutho aseFrance wathumela amabutho akhe empumalanga, abe eseya eningizimu ehla ngesigodi soMfula iBrentha. 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. 