In the Rhine Campaign of 1796, two French armies successfully breached the Rhine River to invade Germany, Moreau's army in the south and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan's "Army of Sambre-et-Meuse" in the north. The French armies operated independently while Charles commanded both Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour's "Army of the Upper Rhine" in the south and Wilhelm von Wartensleben's "Army of the Lower Rhine" in the north. Charles hoped to concentrate superior strength against one of the two French armies. To keep his enemies separated, the archduke wished to lure Moreau south of the Danube River by crossing to the south bank. To allow his columns to cross the river safely, Charles attacked the French, hoping to push them back. Though he failed to defeat the French, the battle gave the archduke enough space to get his troops over the Danube without interference. Though he had a chance to join his army to Jourdan's in the north, Moreau soon crossed to the south bank in pursuit.