As some of Napoleon 's corps moved Motion south into the Alps and the Austrian army of Archduke Charles , Duke of Teschen withdrew from Italy , Jellacic 's force was cut off Removing from the rest of Austria .

It was the second battle Hostile_encounter between the French Army of the Danube , commanded Control by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , and the Habsburg Army under Archduke Charles ; the armies had met Come_together a few days earlier , 20–22 March , on the marshy fields southeast of Ostrach and the Pfullendorf heights .

The partisans stayed in contact Communication with the Austrian court in Vienna by their conduit Baron Joseph Hormayr , an Innsbruck-born `` Hofrat '' and close friend of Archduke John of Austria .

Archduke John explicitly stated Statement that Bavaria had forfeit all rights to Tyrol , which rightfully belonged Presence with the Austrian lands , and therefore any resistance against Bavarian occupation would be legitimate Legality .

Nevertheless , after the French again gained Getting the upper hand at the Battle of Wagram on July 5/6 , Archduke Charles of Austria signed Sign_agreement the Armistice of Znaim whereafter the Austrian forces withdraw Escaping from Tyrol .

By October , the Habsburg force , under the command Control of Archduke Charles , had pushed Self_motion the French back to the Rhine .

The French commander , Jean Victor Marie Moreau , offered Giving an armistice that the Archduke was inclined to accept .

The Archduke wanted to secure the Rhine crossings so he could send Sending troops to northern Italy to relieve Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser at besieged Mantua ; an armistice with Moreau would allow Preventing_or_letting him to do that .

The battle Hostile_encounter resulted in Causation the victory Earnings_and_losses of the Austrian forces Causation , under the command Control of Archduke Charles , over the French forces Causation , commanded Control by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan .

The Venetians launched Process_start a diplomatic campaign for allies , since the Uskoks were vassals of Archduke Ferdinand of Inner Austria ( who was likely to seek help from the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias—his uncle—and King Philip III of Spain , his brother-in-law .

Soon afterward , Archduke Charles , Duke of Teschen joined Becoming_a_member Latour with reinforcements from the north .

The members of the Grand Alliance , Holy Roman Empire , England , the Netherlands , Pro-Habsburg Spain , Portugal and the Savoy , had allied Collaboration to prevent Preventing_or_letting the unification of the French and Spanish thrones by supporting Supporting the claim Statement of the Habsburg pretender Archduke Charles VI of Austria as Charles III of Spain .