Hoche ordered his left corps under Championnet to move south from Düsseldorf to distract Werneck, then attacked Kray's outnumbered force with 50,000 men. During the Battle of Neuwied on 18 April, the first assaults of Grenier's corps failed against Kray's line of strong redoubts. Then Ney's cavalry found a gap between two redoubts and attacked from the rear. By noon the French captured all the redoubts and later in the day routed 6,000 Austrian reserves. Olivier's troops seized the redoubts and the village of Bendorf. Hoche next detached Grenier's division to assist Lefebvre's right corps, while taking Olivier's division and Ney's cavalry northeast toward Altenkirchen. Hoche hoped to trap Werneck, but the Austrians managed to slip away. Next, Hoche tried to catch Werneck between Championnet and Olivier's division, but the Austrian also evaded this snare, escaping through Wetzlar. On 23 April 1797, word reached the armies that the Treaty of Leoben had been signed on 18 April. This ended the fighting.