Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Iyadoo qeyb weyn oo ka mid ah ciidamada Boqortooyada Faransiiska ay ku lug lahaayeen Dagaalkii Peninsular ee dhiigga badnaa, Boqortooyada Austria waxay aaminsanaayeen in fursaddii ugu fiicnayd ee ay ku aargudan lahaayeen guuldaradii ceebta ahayd ee 1805 ay ugu dambeyntii timid. Austriya waxay dooneysay in ay ka adkaato Faransiiska iyo in ay dib u hesho saameyntii hore ee Talyaaniga iyo Jarmalka. Horraantii 1809, diyaargarowga dagaalka Austrian wuxuu ahaa mid aad u daran oo Napoleon lagu qasbay inuu ka tago Spain kuna laabto Paris si uu dib ugu abaabulo ciidankiisa ugu weyn Jarmalka. Xilliga gu'ga, Nansouty waxaa markaa dib loogu soo celiyay amarkii 1aad ee saddexda qeyb ee ciidanka fardooleyda ee ciidanka fardooleyda, oo markan la hoos geeyay amarkii Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières. Markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Isbahaysiga Shanaad, qaybta Nansouty ayaa si dhakhso leh looga soocay Kaydka waxaana si ku meel gaar ah loogu daray Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout's III Corps, ciidanka loo xilsaaray howlaha ugu adag inta lagu gudajiray howlgallada milatari ee hore ee dagaalkan. Kadib markii Napoleon uu amar ku bixiyay in ciidanka lagu soo ururiyo Ratisbon, qeybta Nansouty ayaa mar kale la hoos geeyay amarka Bessières waxaana loo diray inay u adeegaan ciidanka Bavarian. Guushii ugu horeysay ee uu ka gaaray Abensberg iyo
Markii uu ka soo laabtay, Napoleon wuxuu xoogga saaray ciidankiisii ugu badnaa, oo ay ku jiraan raggii Nansouty, Eckmühl, halkaas oo Davout uu sugayay.