After personally leading the charge, Laharpe finally led the troops into Montenotte.
The remaining Austrian Army was trapped in the valley southeast of Montenotte.
Laharpe climbed up the bell tower of the church in Montenotte—generally, in this era, the bell tower was the highest point in the town—and from there, he could clearly see the situation on the other side of the valley.
He estimated that there were more than three thousand Austrians trapped in the valley, and Davout's blue battle lines had advanced to less than a hundred meters from Montenotte.
On such a small piece of open ground, three thousand Austrian soldiers were squeezed.
These three thousand men, surrounded on all sides, quickly surrendered.
Through his telescope, Laharpe saw Davout's bald head, which was rather easy to spot as the sun was setting in the west.
