The First Battles of France in the Spring of 1799

General suverof personally led the advanced russian units who met up with the austrians for a push on milan. Moreau then broke off 24 hundred men to go take the citadel of milan and try to hold on to it, while he himself led the main army in a retreat further west. On may 20, sixth, the allies entered turin, and moreau pulled south towards genoa to regroup. Just two weeks later, suvero got the allied army moving west again, pushing up the po river into the piedmont where he planned to expel the french from turin and restore the kingdom of sardinia.