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The Campaigns Of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797 Link

Though the main Austrian army escaped, the victory was psychologically massive.

France gained the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) and the left bank of the Rhine. The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797

With Mantua finally surrendered and the road to Vienna open, the Austrians sued for peace. Napoleon negotiated the (October 1797) largely on his own terms, bypassing the government in Paris: Though the main Austrian army escaped, the victory

Napoleon’s first goal was to separate the Austrian army from their Piedmontese allies. In a lightning-fast two-week offensive (the Montenotte Campaign), he won a series of engagements: Though the main Austrian army escaped

The decisive blow against the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.