 Receiving a report that Brescia lay open to attack, Klenau advanced in the night with two squadrons of the "Wurmser" Hussar Regiment # 30, one battalion of "DeVins" Infantry Regiment (IR) # 37, and one company of the "Mahony" Jägers.The next morning, under cover of fog, he seized the city in a coup de main.The Austrians captured 600–700 able-bodied soldiers plus 2,000 more in the hospital.