Kunyange zvakadaro, maAllies akanga asiri kuita zvakanaka, uye kunyange zvazvo chirevo chezvinangwa zvehondo zvakazara zvaisanganisira kugutsurira kwakawanda kuAustria chakasimbiswa kubva kuRussia, Britain yakaramba isina kuvimba uye kazhinji isingadi kurega chirongwa chechiuto icho yakanga yarwa makore 20 kuti igadzire. Pasinei neizvi, Francis akagadzira Gurukota rezvekunze reAustria Grand-Chancellor weOrder yaMaria Theresa, chinzvimbo chakanga chisina munhu kubvira panguva yaKaunitz. Metternich ainyanya kunetseka kuti kudzokera shure kwaNapoleon kwaizounza kusagadzikana kwaizokuvadza vaHabsburg. Iye aidavira kuti rugare rwaifanira kupedzwa nokukurumidza. Sezvo Britain yakanga isingagoni kumanikidzwa, akatumira zvikumbiro kuFrance neRussia bedzi. Idzi dzakarambwa, zvisinei, pashure pehondo dzeLützen
(2 May) uye Bautzen (20<unk>21 May), hondo yakatangwa neFrance yakadanwa. Kutanga muna Kubvumbi Metternich akatanga "zvishoma nezvishoma uye asingadi" kugadzirira Austria hondo neFrance; armistice yakapa Austria nguva yekuunganidza zvizere.