Helvetic Republic
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The Helvetic Republic was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolut
Strategic situation of Europe in 1796
Alois von Reding led Central Swiss troops against the French.
Painted silk tricolour of the Helvetic Republic with image of William Tell and son, with motto Freÿheit, Gleichheit ('Freedom, Equality').
William Tell fights the revolution (1798), by Dunker, praises the struggle of the Old Confederation against the Helvetic revolution supported by French invasion. It depicts the Swiss folk hero William Tell, carrying a shield with the Rütlischwur, and his son fighting the revolution, represented as a chimera wearing a phrygian cap
The French invasion of Switzerland occurred from January to May 1798 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The independent Old Swiss Confederacy collapsed from the invasion and simultaneous intern
Entry of the French into Bern on 15 March 1798. Engraving by Abraham Girardet, c. 1798–1803
Liberty tree erected in Basel. This act was repeated in other Swiss places to symbolise revolution and liberation.
Contemporary drawing of the Battle of Neuenegg, 5 March 1798. Bernese heavy cavalry (in red) mounts an attack against French dragoons on the river Sense.
The Last Days of Old Bern, by Friedrich Walthard, depicting the Battle of Grauholz