The Campaigns Of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797 -

Napoleon utilized a brilliant flanking maneuver to defeat General Wurmser.

His strategy relied on the : Dividing superior enemy forces. Striking each wing separately before they could unite. The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1797

Initial victories that drove a wedge between the allies. Napoleon utilized a brilliant flanking maneuver to defeat

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: Initial victories that drove a wedge between the allies

The 1796–1797 Italian Campaign was the crucible that transformed Napoleon Bonaparte from a talented "political general" into a European legend. Inheriting a starving, demoralized "Army of Italy," Napoleon used revolutionary speed and tactical brilliance to dismantle the forces of Piedmont-Sardinia and the Austrian Empire, effectively ending the War of the First Coalition. The Ragged Army and the New Strategy