Editing Battle of Hohenlinden (section)

===Attack on Grenier's wing===
[[Image:General Paul Grenier.JPG|thumb|left|170px|upright=0.5|Paul Grenier]]

To the north, Kienmayer flushed French outposts from Isen. These executed a planned withdrawal westward to Grenier's main line of defense. Feldmarschall-Leutnant [[Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg|Prince Karl of Schwarzenberg]], who led Kienmayer's left division, pushed southwest to crash into the divisions of Bastoul and Ney. An Austrian force captured the town of [[Forstern]], but Moreau committed d'Hautpoul's reserve cavalry to help drive them out. A back and forth struggle began over the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Tading, Wetting, Kreiling, and Kronacker, which run in a north to south line. The Austrian ''Murray'' Infantry Regiment Nr. 55 distinguished itself in the fighting for Kronacker, which lies only 1.3&nbsp;km north of Hohenlinden. On the far north flank, Feldmarschall-Leutnant [[Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este|Archduke Ferdinand's]] division began coming into action against Legrand near the town of Harthofen.<ref>Arnold, pp 233–234</ref>

Latour, moving along muddy forest trails amid snow and sleet squalls, fell badly behind schedule. At 10:00&nbsp;am, his column was still well to the rear of Kollowrat's corps. By this time, the gunfire from Kienmayer's and Kollowrat's combats could be clearly heard to the front. Even more disturbing were sounds of battle from the south. Latour made the extraordinary decision to divide the divisions of Feldmarschall-Leutnants Prince Friedrich of Hessen-Homburg and Friedrich Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen into small task forces. He sent one infantry battalion and six cavalry squadrons to the north to look for Kienmayer. One battalion and four squadrons marched south to find Kollowrat. After advancing the bulk of his column to the village of Mittbach, Latour sent two battalions and two squadrons to assist Schwarzenberg's attack and three battalions and an artillery battery to help Kollowrat. This left him with only three battalions and six squadrons.<ref>Arnold, p 233</ref>