Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo neFrance payakatanga muna 1809, von Hiller akapiwa basa rokutungamirira VI Armee Korps yaifukidza rutivi rworuboshwe rweuto guru reAustria. Apo Emperor Napoleon I weFrance akawira parutivi rworuboshwe rweAustria musi wa20 Kubvumbi paHondo yeAbensberg, Hiller akasvika ndokutora mutemo weV, VI, uye II Reserve Armeekorps. Vakakundwa paAbensberg uye musi wa 21 April paHondo yeLandshut
, akaparadzaniswa neuto guru. Musi waApril 22 Archduke Charles akarohwa muhondo yeEckmühl ndokudzokera kumahombekombe ekuchamhembe kweDanube. Asingazivi kuti akanga ari oga kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba, Hiller akarwisa Marshal weFrance Jean-Baptiste Bessières uye akawana kukunda kuduku muHondo yeNeumarkt-Sankt Veit musi wa 24 April. Pakupedzisira achiziva kuti zvaisava nyore, akadzokera kuLinz kubva musi wa25 April kusvika musi wa3 May. Pazuva rokupedzisira akarwa nechisimba neAndré Masséna's corps paHondo yeEbelsberg. Kukundwa uku kwakamanikidza von Hiller kuti adzokere mhiri kweDanube paMautern.