The battle of Mehrnbach took place shortly after the surrender of the Austrian troops in Ulm, from where the road to Vienna lay open to the Grande Armée.

In Braunau Maximilian von Merveldt took command of the Austrian troops and led them towards Vienna.

At the same time, an Austrian infantry company positioned in front of Mehrnbach surrendered to the French.

[1] The French official state newspaper Moniteur described the insignificant fighting as the victorious "battle of Ried".

On the same day the French occupied the city of Ried and marched further west, where they clashed with the coalition allies again at Gaspoltshofen.