- French Victories:
- Rapidly crossed the Alps and defeated Sardinians at Montenotte & Millesimo.
- Forced Sardinia-Piedmont to seek peace and sign Treaty of Paris (1796)
- Gained control of much of Northern Italy, including Lombardy.
-Napoleon proclaimed the establishment of Cisalpine Republic in Northern Italy.
- Austrian Resistance:
- Austrians initially defeated at Arcole and Rivoli But regrouped and counterattacked.
- Retook most of Northern Italy except Mantua which French continued to siege.
- Peace of Campoformio (1797):
-After a decisive victory at Battle of Lodi Napoleon forced Austria to sign the Peace of Campo Formio
- Austria ceded Lombardy and Venetian territories to France.
- France granted Austria most of the Venetian Republic mainland territories
- France gained significant territories in Italy and established sister republics in Northern and Central Italy.