Editing Battle of Amberg (section)

=== Plans ===
The French planned an invasion of southern Germany in 1796. [[General of Division]] (MG) Jourdan with the [[Army of Sambre-et-Meuse]] would advance from the middle [[Rhine]] while MG [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau|Jean Moreau]] would cross the river farther south with the [[Army of Rhin-et-Moselle]]. Jourdan held a bridgehead over the Rhine at [[Neuwied]] while MG [[Jean-Baptiste Kléber]] commanded his left wing based on an entrenched camp at [[Düsseldorf]]. Moreau's army comprised 71,581 infantry and 6,515 cavalry. He organized these into a Right Wing under MG [[Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino|Pierre Ferino]], a Center led by MG [[Louis Desaix]], and a Left Wing commanded by MG [[Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr]].<ref>Smith, p 111</ref>

[[Field Marshal]] Archduke Charles commanded the Army of the Lower Rhine. Charles and his deputy, [[Feldzeugmeister]] (FZM) [[Wilhelm von Wartensleben]] faced Jourdan along the [[Lahn River]]. This stream flows in a southwesterly direction into the Rhine near [[Koblenz]]. To the south, FZM [[Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour|Maximilien, Count Baillet de Latour]] positioned his Army of the Upper Rhine to defend against Moreau.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}