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The
Siege
of
Kehl
lasted
from
October
1796
to
9
January
1797
.
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
fortifications
at
Kehl
represented
important
bridgehead
crossing
Motion_directional
the
Rhine
to
Strasbourg
,
an
Alsatian
city
,
a
French
Revolutionary
stronghold
.
The
crossings
at
Hüningen
,
near
the
Swiss
city
of
Basel
,
and
the
crossing
at
Kehl
,
gave
Giving
them
ready
access
to
most
of
southwestern
Germany
;
from
there
,
French
armies
could
sweep
north
,
south
,
or
east
,
depending
on
their
military
goal
.
However
,
his
brother
,
Francis
II
,
the
Holy
Roman
Emperor
,
and
the
civilian
military
advisers
of
the
Aulic
Council
categorically
refused
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
such
an
armistice
,
forcing
Hostile_encounter
Charles
to
order
simultaneous
sieges
at
Hüningen
and
Kehl
.
On
18
September
1796
,
the
Austrians
temporarily
acquired
Getting
control
Control
of
the
``
têtes-de-ponts
''
(
bridgeheads
)
joining
Becoming_a_member
Kehl
and
Strasbourg
until
a
strong
French
counter-attack
forced
Motion
them
to
retreat
Escaping
.
Immediately
after
the
Battle
of
Schliengen
,
while
most
of
Moreau
's
army
retreated
Escaping
south
to
cross
Motion_directional
the
Rhine
at
Hüningen
,
Count
Baillet
Latour
moved
Motion
north
to
Kehl
to
begin
Process_start
the
siege
.
On
22
November
,
the
French
defenders
at
Kehl
,
under
Louis
Desaix
and
the
overall
commander
of
the
French
Army
of
the
Rhine
and
Moselle
,
Jean-Victor-Marie
Moreau
,
almost
ended
Process_end
the
siege
when
they
executed
a
sortie
that
nearly
captured
Conquering
the
Austrian
artillery
park
.
In
the
Rhine
Campaign
of
1796
,
Moreau
's
army
made
a
successful
assault
Attack
crossing
Motion_directional
of
the
Rhine
River
at
Kehl
on
24
June
.
The
Second
Battle
of
Kehl
occurred
Coming_to_be
on
18
September
1796
,
when
General
Franz
Petrasch
's
Austrian
and
Imperial
troops
stormed
Attack
the
French-held
bridgehead
over
the
Rhine
river
.
The
village
of
Kehl
,
which
is
now
in
the
German
state
of
Baden-Württemberg
,
was
then
part
of
Baden-Durlach
.
A
complex
of
bridges
,
gates
,
fortifications
and
barrage
dams
linked
Connect
Kehl
with
Strasbourg
.
The
crossings
had
been
contested
before
:
in
1678
during
the
French-Dutch
war
Military_operation
,
in
1703
during
the
War
Military_operation
of
the
Spanish
Succession
,
in
1733
during
the
War
Military_operation
of
the
Polish
Succession
,
and
earlier
in
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Kehl
,
when
the
French
crossed
Motion_directional
into
the
German
states
on
23–24
June
.
The
crossings
at
Hüningen
,
near
the
Swiss
city
of
Basel
,
and
at
Kehl
,
offered
Giving
access
to
most
of
southwestern
Germany
;
from
there
,
French
armies
could
sweep
north
,
south
,
or
east
,
depending
on
their
military
goal
.
On
18
September
1796
,
the
Austrians
temporarily
acquired
Getting
control
Control
of
the
``
tête-du-ponts
''
(
bridgeheads
)
joining
Kehl
and
Strasbourg
until
a
strong
French
counter-attack
Attack
forced
Causation
them
to
retreat
Escaping
,
leaving
the
French
in
control
Control
of
the
bridges
but
the
Austrians
in
control
Control
of
the
territory
surrounding
them
.
Immediately
after
the
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Schliengen
(
24
October
1796
)
,
while
most
of
Moreau
's
army
retreated
Escaping
south
to
cross
the
Rhine
at
Hüningen
,
Count
Baillet
Latour
moved
Motion
his
Austrian
force
to
Kehl
to
begin
Process_start
a
100-day
siege
Besieging
.
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