Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - Agha nke Abụọ nke Dego
a lụrụ n'abalị iri na anọ na nke iri na ise n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1796. N'ụbọchị nke 13 n'ihe dị ka elekere 2:00 nke ehihie, André Masséna nyochara ọnọdụ ndị Austria na Piedmontese nke e wusiri ike ma kwado ya site na mpempe egbe egbe 18. N'echi ya na elekere 11:00 nke ụtụtụ, Masséna malitere ịkwaga nkewa Jean-Baptiste Meynier n'ihu na kọlụm abụọ iji wakpo ndị na-agbachitere 3,000. N'aka nri, Jean Jacques La Salcette nwere ndị agha 1,800 gụnyere 17th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade. N'etiti, Masséna chịkwara ndị ikom 2,600 nke 14th na 32nd Line Infantry. N'aka ekpe, Amédée Emmanuel Francois Laharpe kpọọrọ ndị agha ya gaa n'akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke Bormida di Spigno ma wepụta egbe isii iji kwado mwakpo ahụ. Mgbe kọlụm La Salcette malitere iyi ndị Austria aka ekpe egwu n'ihe dị ka elekere 3:00 nke ehihie, Masséna mere ka ndị ya gaa n'ihu ịwakpo Dego site na ndịda. Laharpe kewara ndị agha ya ụzọ atọ ma ziga ndị agha ya n'ofe osimiri dị n'ebe ugwu Dego ịwakpo ndị agha Austro-Piedmontese n'akụkụ aka nri. Causse duziri battalion abụọ nke 51st Line Infantry n'akụkụ aka nri, Jean-Baptiste Cervoni duziri otu battalion nke 75th Line Infantry n'etiti ebe battalion ọzọ nke 75th na-aga n'ihu n'aka ekpe. Henri Christian Michel de Stengel ji ndị agha abụọ na-agba ịnyịnya kpuchie akụkụ aka ekpe. Mwakpo ndị France na-eme n'akwụsịghị akwụsị mere ka ndị na-agbachitere ha laghachi azụ. Mgbe onyeisi ndị agha Austria bụ́ Eugene-Guillaume Argenteau bịarutere n'azụ oge ya na battalion abụọ nke ndị agha, ndị France chụpụrụ ya n'akụkụ. N'ozuzu, ndị France jidere égbè 16, agba anọ, na ihe ruru ndị mkpọrọ 1,500.