 Pakatanga Hondo yeChipiri yeMubatanidzwa pakutanga kwa1799, Nauendorf akarwa mukukunda kweAustria paOstrach 21 Kurume uyezve paStockach 25 Kurume. Mukutanga kwaKurume akatungamira varindi vepamberi ve17,000 kuyambuka Rwizi rweLech neAugsburg, kuti vaendeswe kuOstrach, musha uri pedyo neRwizi rweDanube uye uri pasi peguta reFree Imperial rePfullendorf. Hondo yaJurdan yeDanubevakanga vayambuka Rhine musi wa 1 Kurume, uye vakafamba vachienda kumabvazuva kuti vadimbure kutaurirana pakati pesimba guru reAustria, raive pedyo neAugsburg, nemauto eAustria kuchamhembe kweItaly. PaOstrach, varindi vake vepamberi vakatsungirira kuvhunduka kwekusangana, asi simba guru rehondo raive risingasviki zuva kumashure kwake, uye Archduke Charles, mutungamiri wesimba reAustria, akapatsanura mauto ake mumakoramu matatu ekurwisa kuti arwise panguva imwe chete munzvimbo nhatu pamutsetse weFrance; mushure mezuva rekurwa kunotyisa, maAustria akapoteredza maFrance kuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba, uye vakatyisidzira kupwanya mutsetse pakati. VaFrench vakadzokera kuMösskirch, uye ipapo kuEngen neStockach, uko, musi wa25 March, kurwa kwakatangazve. PaStockach, Nauendorf akatungamirirazve varindi veAustria vaiva mberi, avo vakanga vakaumbwa nemauto aiva neruzivo, sezvaakanga akaita, muhondo dzomuganhu dzevaHabsburg. Varindi vepamberi, kana kuti Vorhut, vakaiswazve pamberi pehondo senzvimbo yepakati pemutsara mukuru weAustria, uye vakatora mutoro unorema wekurwa kwekutanga. 