 The Sardinians deployed atop a ridge that runs from the fortress north about seven kilometers to the hamlet of La Pedaggera, where the modern SP 661 and SP 32 intersect.Sardinian and Austrian engineers had fortified the ridge, which overlooks the Bovina stream, with a series of redoubts.General Brempt held the north end of the line with several Piedmontese battalions plus the Austrian "Belgioso" Infantry Regiment # 44.