 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokurwisana uku, uto reFrance rakaenda kuStockach, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweHohentwiel, uko rakarwisana neuto reAustria, raitungamirirwa naKray, muhondo dzeEngen neStockach neMesskirchkurwisana nemauto eFrance eArmy of the Rhine, aitungamirirwa naJean Victor Moreau. Stockach, kumucheto kwakadziva kumadokero kweLake Constance, yakafukidza makona kumabvazuva-kumadokero uye kuchamhembe-kumaodzanyemba; iyo neEngen iri pedyo, chete kumadokero, yakanga iri nzvimbo yekurasikirwa kweFrance mwedzi gumi nemana yapfuura. Muna 1800, mumwe mukuru mukuru, Moreau, akaunza mauto 84 000 kuzorwisana nevarume 72 000 vaKray; uku kuunganidzwa kwesimba reFrance kwakasundira uto reAustria kumabvazuva. Mazuva maviri gare gare, paMesskirch kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweStockach, Moreau akaunza varume 52 000, kusanganisira Claude Lecourbe naDominique Vandammes zvikamu, izvo zvakange zvasangana nekurasikirwa kweFrance kunogumbura muna 1799, uye Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansoutys ruzivo rwekutasva mabhiza kurwisa simba raKray re48,000. Kunyange zvazvo vaFrance vakarasikirwa nevarume vakawanda, vakadzingazve vaAustria. 