 Kupera kwaNyamavhuvhu Hondo yeSambre-et-Meuse yakatarisana neuto reAustria raWilhelm von Wartensleben parwizi Naab nedhivhizheni yaJean-Baptiste Bernadotte ichitarisa divi rayo rekumaodzanyemba. Jourdan aitarisira kuti Hondo yaMoreau yeRhine neMoselle yaizobata vaAustria kumaodzanyemba kweGermany, asi izvi hazvina kuitika. Pana 22-23 August mauto aBernadotte 6.000 akarwiswa naArchduke Charles aine maAustria 28.000. Jourdan akatumira vatasvi vamabhiza vaBonnaud kuti vabatsire, asi zviitiko zvakafamba nokukurumidza uye Bernadotte akarwa achidzokera kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kuForchheim. Bonnaud haana kutongobatana naBernadotte uye akadzivirirwa nemauto akakwirira sezvo mauto ake akadzokera shure akananga kuhondo huru yaJourdan. Kuti abvumire Bonnaud kutiza, Jourdan akamira kuti arwe uye akarohwa muHondo yeAmbergmusi wa24 August. Achidzokera shure, Jourdan akananga kuWürzburg neuto rehondo raBonnaud riri pamberi, asi vaAustria vakatanga kusvika ikoko. Musi wa 2 Gunyana, mapoka maviri echiFrench neuto rehondo raive pamberi peWürzburg kunyangwe hazvo chikamu chechitatu chisina kuoneka kusvika manheru. Charles akakunda vaFrance muHondo yeWürzburg musi wa3 Gunyana. VaAustria vakarasikirwa nevanhu 1 500 nepo vaFrance vakarasikirwa nekaviri uye pfuti nomwe. Chiito chacho chakatanga na7:00 mangwanani apo divi reFrance rokuruboshwe raitungamirirwa naPaul Grenier rakafambira mberi chete kuti rirwiswe neboka guru revarwi vokuAustria. Wartensleben akakandira zvikwata 24 zvevarwi vevarwi kuGrenier, asi Bonnaud neboka revarwi veFrance vakavarwisa. Apo mamwe mapoka 12 evarwi vokuAustria akarwisa, Bonnaud akakundwa uye akamanikidzwa kuvanda shure kwevarwi vokuFrance. Jourdan akarayira kudzokera shure mushure mekumanikidzwa zvakasimba nevashandi veAustria. 