Napoleon Bonaparte and the Fall of Mantua

After the fall of mantua, Napoleon wanted to make sure his holiness didn't get any smart ideas when the french pushed their way out of italy. So he targeted a seven thousand man papal army at fienza, allegedly defending the frontier of the papal states. And the resulting battle wasn't even a contest. The now highly trained, highly disciplined and very experienced french troops endured no casualties,. forcing the papal army to surrender. Included in this total capitulation was also a further seding of territory, both inside italy and within the boundaries of france. Then well, cover the events of the summer of 17 97, culminating with the coup of fructador