Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Sardinian army repelled all French attacks on a fortified ridge near Ceva on the 16th of April. Augereau's division failed to break the entrenched lines despite having numerical advantages and multiple columns attacking different points.
General Count di Tornaforte commanded three battalions inside the fortress while General Brempt held the north end of the defensive line with Piedmontese battalions and the Austrian Belgioso Infantry Regiment #44. Vital defended the south end of the line with nine battalions.
French forces under Augereau assaulted the Sardinian positions early on the 16th of April 1796. The Sardinians withdrew most of their army west behind the Corsaglia River that same night after holding a council of war.
Sardinian troops deployed atop a ridge running from the fortress north about seven kilometers to the hamlet of La Pedaggera where the modern SP 661 and SP 32 intersect. This position overlooked the Bovina stream and included redoubts fortified by engineers.
The French lost about 600 men killed and wounded during the failed assaults. Brempt reported a loss of 150 men while Vital's casualties remain unknown according to historical records.