The siege dragged on into the new year, but by this point the Allies had received the disturbing news that the garrison they had left behind in Genoa had been expelled by a rebellion on 6 December. The Genoese resurgence imperilled the army's lines of communication from Italy and threw the invasion of France into jeopardy. Browne prevaricated for a few weeks, but his mind was made up for him on 1 February 1747, when the Antibes garrison was reinforced by sea with troops commanded by the Chevalier de Belle-Isle. The arrival of these reinforcements dashed the last hopes of capturing Antibes, and so on the same day the Allies lifted the siege and began the retreat to Italy. A Second Siege of Genoa followed later in the year.