Bonaparte and the Siege of Mantua

Bonaparte wanted to take treest and then use that as a spring board for vienna. The directory said, no, that is an insane plan. What we want you to do is move north into germany to support moreau. And bonaparte almost did, but then he didn't. His advance just so happened to coincide with the second austrian attempt to lift the siege of mantua. As hard as bonaparte pushed his army, he couldn't catch up with the austrians. Next time we will pick up with the new italian republic napoleon invents out of thin air.