Kammala wannan magana: A watan Maris na 1799, Sojojin Danube sun shiga manyan yaƙe-yaƙe guda biyu, duka a yankin kudu maso yammacin Jamus. A lokacin da aka yi gwagwarmaya sosai
Yaƙin Ostrach, 21 zuwa 2 ga Maris 1799, yaƙin farko na Yaƙin Haɗin Kai na Biyu, sojojin Austriya, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Archduke Charles, sun ci sojojin Jourdan na Danube. Faransanci ya sha wahala sosai kuma an tilasta masa komawa daga yankin, yana ɗaukar sabbin wurare zuwa yamma a Messkirch (Mößkirch, Meßkirch), sannan a Stockach da Engen. A yakin na biyu, a Stockach, a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1799, sojojin Austriya sun sami nasara a kan sojojin Faransa, kuma sun sake tura sojojin Faransa zuwa yamma. Jourdan ya umarci janar dinsa su dauki matsayi a cikin Black Forest, kuma shi kansa ya kafa tushe a Hornberg. Daga can, Janar Jourdan ya ba da umarnin rundunar ga shugaban ma'aikatansa, Jean Augustin Ernouf, kuma ya tafi Paris don neman karin sojoji da mafi kyau kuma, a ƙarshe, don neman izinin likita.