Here is the opening of the campaign. As Napoleon, you start at the French city of Nice in the lower left corner of the map. The first two moves take you to Cunco and Turin. Once you capture Turin the Piedmonties capitulate and become a protectorate. The supply you with two units and have no farther effect on the game.

From Musings

You will have to capture (3) Milan and (4) Parma in your next phase. All of these battles are pretty easy and the only thing that slowed me down was waiting for my depleted units to build back up in strength before I could advance again.