Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe agha na France tiwapụrụ na 1809, e nyere von Hiller iwu nke VI Armee Korps na-ekpuchi nku aka ekpe nke ndị agha Austria. Mgbe Emperor Napoleon nke Mbụ nke France dara n'akụkụ aka ekpe nke Austria na 20 Eprel na
Agha nke Abensberg, Hiller rutere ma were iwu nke V, VI, na II Reserve Armeekorps. E meriri ya na Abensberg na na 21 Eprel na Agha nke Landshut, ọ kewapụrụ onwe ya na ndị isi ndị agha. N'April 22 Archduke Charles meriri n'agha nke Eckmühl ma laghachi azụ n'akụkụ ugwu nke Danube. N'amaghị na ọ nọ naanị ya n'akụkụ ndịda, Hiller wakporo Marshal nke France Jean-Baptiste Bessières ma merie obere mmeri na Agha nke Neumarkt-Sankt Veit na Eprel 24. N'ikpeazụ, mgbe ọ ghọtara na ihe agaghị agaziri ya, ọ lara azụ n'usoro dị mma n'ebe Linz dị site n'April 25 ruo May 3. N'ụbọchị nke abụọ, ya na ndị agha André Masséna lụrụ ọgụ n'ọgụ Ebelsberg. Mmeri a manyere von Hiller ịlaghachi azụ gafee Danube na Mautern.