After marching leisurely along the Mediterranean coast for a few days, Anning arrived at Albenga on the Mediterranean shoreline.
Upon arriving here, Anning received a report from Savona that an Austrian division had appeared on the west coast line, attempting a probing attack before encamping on the mountains north of Valaz.
Clearly, Marshal Boliue of Austria had already taken action.
The first thing Anning did upon reaching Albenga was to order the cavalry to carry out reconnaissance. The region was all coastal hills, not very conducive to cavalry maneuvers, but in terms of reconnaissance, cavalry still had incomparable advantages over infantry.
By the time Anning's main forces reached Savona, Lasalle's cavalry had already gathered a large amount of intelligence on the enemy.
