The Battle Hostile_encounter of Modena ( 12 June 1799 ) saw a Republican French army commanded Control by Jacques MacDonald attack Attack a Habsburg Austrian covering Hiding_objects force led by Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen .

The outnumbered Austrians were defeated Conquering but in an accidental encounter Hostile_encounter , MacDonald was painfully wounded Bodily_harm by two saber cuts .

MacDonald collected Come_together the French occupying forces Causation in south and central Italy into an army and marched Motion_directional north to retrieve the situation .

MacDonald swung Self_motion west to fight Hostile_encounter the Coalition forces Causation .