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 .

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 .

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 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 .

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

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 .