 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaSeptember, Archduke Charles akakunda uto raJourdan paAmberguye Würzburg uye vaFrance vakanga vadzokera kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero vachiyambuka makomo emakomo eVogelsberg, vachisvika Lahn musi wa9 Gunyana. Jourdan akasvika aine varwi 25 000 vaifamba netsoka, 5 000 vaifamba nemabhiza, uye mapoka matanhatu epfuti. Ikoko uto raJourdan rakabatana nemasoja matsva 16 000 aitungamirirwa naGeneral François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers Marceau, uyo akanga asiya kurwisa kwake Mainz. Nehuwandu hwake hwainge hwava hukuru, Jourdan akasarudza kudzivirira mutsara weLahn achitarisira kuti aigona kuchengeta mauto eArchduke akabatwa, uye kumudzivisa kubva kutendeukira kumaodzanyemba kunorwisa mauto aJean Victor Moreau muBlack Forest. Nechimiro cherombo, iye amene angave achikwanisa kunzvenga achienda kumaodzanyemba ndokubatana naMoreau sezvaakasvibiswa achibva kuBlack Forest. 