 The third route went east through Levico Terme and Borgo Valsugana, then followed the Brenta River valley (Valsugana) southward to Bassano del Grappa.An army that held both Trento and Bassano could move troops and supplies between the two places free from French interference.Bonaparte posted General of Division Claude Vaubois with 10,000 men on the west side of Lake Garda.