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 .

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 .

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 .

Leading Control a wing of Moreau 's army , Louis Desaix attacked Attack the Austrians and drove Motion them back to the Alb River in the War Military_operation of the First Coalition action .

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 .

Moreau expanded Expansion his bridgehead , sending Sending Desaix north , Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr east and Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino south .

The Battle Military_operation of Ettlingen on 9 July determined Deciding whether Moreau would continue Hold his invasion Military_operation of Germany .

Control Control of the surrounding territory there prevented Preventing_or_letting the French from crossing Motion_directional to safety in Strasbourg , and required Imposing_obligation the French commander , Jean Victor Marie Moreau , to withdraw Escaping toward Basel .

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 .