Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mauto akayambuka Rwizi Rhine musi wa 1 Kurume 1799 pasi pekutungamira kwaJean-Baptiste Jourdan, muhurongwa hwekurwa pazasi. Sezvo mapoka akayambuka Rhine, akatora zita rokuti "Hondo yeDanube". Kuyambuka kwakapedzwa pana March 7. Pashure pokupfuura neBlack Forest, Mauto akarwa hondo mbiri nokukurumidza, Hondo yeOstrach
, musi wa20/21 March, uye Stockach, musi wa25/26 March. Yakatambura zvikuru mukubata kwose uye, pashure pechiito paStockach, yakadzokera kuBlack Forest. Jourdan akagadza dzimbahwe rake paHornberg, uye vatasvi vemabhiza veReserve nevatasvi vemabhiza veAdvance Guard vakagara pedyo neOffenburg, uko mabhiza aigona kuwana zvokudya zviri nani.