The French light artillery, consisting only of two 4-pound pieces served by the gunners of the guard, in the presence of Napoleon himself, to the sound of the drums, very well supported the attempt by the French infantry to cross the river via rafts and four or five boats recovered on the spot, so much that they forced the Austrians to abandon the defensive positions on the opposite side of the river.

In the meantime, the Austrian Johann Ludwig Alexander von Laudon arrived in Turbigo himself, with numerous reinforcements, especially cavalry.

In this juncture, the citizen Jacques Baptiste Louis Morin, injured in the arm, was promoted in the field, by Napoleon himself, "cavalry squadron leader" and the citizen Jean Pierre Lanabère would later reach the rank of general (he lost his life heroically during the 1812 Russian campaign).

At 10 pm the village of Turbigo, completely burned, finally fell into the hands of the French troops.

On 2 June 1800 at 2 pm, Bonaparte with his advisers Petiet and Bourrienne, set off from Turbigo, in a carriage, to enter Milan in triumph.

In Turbigo there is a museum that collects information on the facts dating back to the passage over the Ticino river.