In early May, Colli fell back to Borgo San Dalmazzo near the fortress of Cuneo.[1] On the coast, the French advanced to seize Albenga and Loano.[2] General of Division François Macquard occupied the Col de Tende, while farther east Masséna deployed his troops to hold the ridges between Ormea and Loano.[25] In the fighting near Saorge, historian Digby Smith stated French losses as 1,500 killed and wounded, while the allied casualties numbered 2,800.