On 27 November 1942 , after Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of Morocco and French Algeria had begun Process_start , the French navy foiled Removing a German attempt to capture Conquering the rest of the French fleet ( Operation Military_operation Anton ) by scuttling Destroying their ships in Toulon Harbour .

Habsburg and Württemberg regulars numbering 40,000 , under the command Control of Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour , besieged Besieging and captured Conquering the French-controlled fortifications at the village of Kehl in the German state of Baden-Durlach .

The town was held Hold by relatively small Austrian forces consisting Cause_to_be_included of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions from the 63rd `` Graf Baillet '' Infantry Regiment ( under Ludwig Graf Baillet de Latour , younger brother of Field Marshal Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour ) and a detachment Causation of hussars .

The Battle Military_operation of Rastatt ( 5 July 1796 ) saw part of a Republican French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau clash Hostile_encounter with elements of the Habsburg army under Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour which were defending Defending the line of the Murg River .

The French won a clash Hostile_encounter over Anton Sztáray at Renchen on the 28th before moving against Latour at Rastatt .