Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sojojin sun haye kogin Rhine a ranar 1 ga Maris 1799 a karkashin umurnin Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, a cikin tsari na yaƙi a ƙasa. Kamar yadda abubuwa suka haye Rhine, sun dauki sunan "Sojojin Danube". An kammala ƙetare a ranar 7 ga Maris. Bayan wucewa ta cikin Black Forest, sojojin sun yi yaƙi biyu a cikin sauri,
Yaƙin Ostrach, a ranar 20 zuwa 21 ga Maris, da Stockach, a ranar 25 zuwa 26 ga Maris. Ya sha wahala sosai a cikin gwagwarmaya biyu kuma, bayan aikin a Stockach, ya koma cikin Black Forest. Jourdan ya kafa hedkwatarsa a Hornberg, kuma dakarun sojan doki na Reserve da sojan doki na Advance Guard sun kasance kusa da Offenburg, inda dawakai zasu iya samun abinci mafi kyau.