Editing Battle of Rivoli (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Detaille Bonaparte in Italy 1797.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|alt=Painting shows men in dark blue uniforms escorting disarmed me in mostly white uniforms. The scene is being reviewed my mounted officers in dark blue uniforms.|Bonaparte reviewing Austrian prisoners. ''Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy, 1797'' is by [[Edouard Detaille]].]] 
The next day Joubert and Rey began a successful pursuit of Alvinczi, all but destroying his columns, the remnants of which fled north up into the Adige Valley in confusion. The Battle of Rivoli was Bonaparte's greatest victory at the time. After that he turned his attention to [[Giovanni Marchese di Provera|Giovanni di Provera]]. On 13 January his corps (9,000 men) had crossed north of [[Legnano]] and driven straight for the relief of [[Mantua]] which was besieged by French forces under [[Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier|Jean Sérurier]]. At night on 15 January Provera sent a message to [[Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser]] to break out in a concerted attack. On 16 January, when Wurmser attacked he was driven back into Mantua by Sérurier. The Austrians were attacked from the front by Masséna (who had force marched from Rivoli) and from the rear by the division of [[Pierre Augereau]], and were thus forced to surrender the entire force. The Austrian army in [[North Italy]] had ceased to exist. On 2 February Mantua surrendered with its garrison of 16,000 men, all that remained of an army of 30,000. The troops marched out with the 'honours of war', and laid down their arms. Wurmser with his staff and an escort were allowed to go free. The remainder were sent to Austria after swearing an oath to not serve against the French for a year, 1,500 guns were found in the fortress.{{sfn|Burton|2010|p=88}} On 18 February Bonaparte proceeded with 8,000 men to [[Rome]], determined to come to a settlement with the [[Papal States]], which had shown covert hostility so long as the campaign had proceeded with uncertainty as to the fate of Italy. But with the fall of Mantua the Austrians were finally driven from Italian soil, and [[Pope Pius VI]] agreed to an [[armistice]] dictated by Bonaparte in [[Tolentino]].{{sfn|Burton|2010|p=88}} Snow had closed the [[Alps|Alpine]] passes, but Austria still refused Bonaparte terms of a peace agreement. He prepared one last campaign to the east, into the heartland of Austria to the gates of [[Vienna]] itself.