The Austrian army fought a rear guard action against the French vanguard led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte at the crossing of the Tagliamento River but was defeated and withdrew to the northeast.

Bonaparte saw the Siege of Mantua to a successful conclusion when Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrendered on 2 February 1797.

The French commander cleared his south flank by Claude Perrin Victor's victory over the Papal States at the Battle of Faenza the following day.

Meanwhile, Emperor Francis II of Austria recalled Archduke Charles from Germany to hold northeast Italy.

Bonaparte's forward thrust carried his army within 75 miles (121 km) of Vienna, where the Preliminaries of Leoben were concluded in mid-April 1797.