The Second Battle of Zurich was a key victory by the Republican French army in Switzerland led by André Masséna over an Austrian and Russian force commanded by Alexander Korsakov near Zürich. It broke the stalemate that had resulted from the First Battle of Zurich three months earlier and led to the withdrawal of Russia from the Second Coalition. Most of the fighting took place on both banks of the river Limmat up to the gates of Zürich, within the city itself. After the First Battle of Zurich Masséna had consolidated to a defensive line behind the lower reaches of the Aare River. At this time his entire army in Switzerland consisted of around 77,000 combatants, positioned as: 1st Division in the Upper Valais and the Simplon Pass. 2nd Division in the St Gotthard and the valley of the Reuss. 3rd Division Right wing near Glarus, centre on the left bank of the Linth, the left near Adliswil on the Sihl. 4th Division on the Uetliberg. 5th Division on the left bank of the Limmat between Altstetten and Baden.

6th Division from Baden to the confluence of the Aare with the Rhine. 7th Division formed the Reserve in the Frick-thal. 8th Division at Basel. Following the overall strategic plan, the Austrian army under the Archduke Charles was to be augmented by the 25,000 man Russian command of Korsakov, newly arrived at Schaffhausen after a 90-day march. Masséna meanwhile was preparing an offensive on his right flank against the Austrian positions in the Alps. On 15 and 16 August General Claude Lecourbe with 12,000 men drove the forces of Strauch and Simbschen from the St. Gotthard and Oberalp Passes in a series of violent assaults; as a distraction, on 14 August French forces under Soult made demonstrations across the Sihl below Zürich. On the night of 16/17th Archduke Charles supported by Korsakov's troops launched a surprise attack over the river Aare at Gross-Döttingen using boats and pontoon bridges, but his engineers misjudged the strength of the current and depth of the river, the pontoon bridge was unable to be secured and after serious fighting the attack was called off.

Archduke Charles and Korsakov planned no further joint action however, as following the strategic plans of the Austrian Hofkriegsrat under Baron Thugut, Charles had been ordered to move his main command north into southern Germany. Reluctantly following these instructions, he left behind a column of 29,000 men under Friedrich von Hotze, Korsakov's command with the Swiss in the Austrian service; the plan for these two commands was to wait for the arrival of the Russian column of Suvorov penetrating north from Italy over the Alpine passes and trap Masséna in a 3-point encirclement. On 22 August Korsakov and Hotze agreed that the Russians with 22,000 men would line the lower reaches of the River Limmat, Hotze with 20,000 men would occupy the Obersee region below Lake Zürich from the Linth to Glarus. On 28 August the bulk of the troops of Archduke Charles departed Switzerland. Korsakov himself arrived in Zürich the following day displaying a vain over-confidence in the capabilities of his troops and disregard both for the French and his allies the Austrians: The presumption and arrogance of Korsakoff were carried to such a pitch, that in a conference with the Archduke Charles, shortly before the battle, when that great general was pointing out the positions which should in an especial manner be guarded, said, pointing to the map, "Here you should place a battalion."

- "A company, you mean," said Korsakoff - "No," replied the Archduke, "a battalion." - "I understand you," rejoined the other. Korsakov with 33,000 men around Zürich and the Lower Limmat, distributed as: Division Lieutenant-General Gorchakov:Brigades of General-Major Tuchkov and General-Major Essen at Wollishofen. Total with gunners 10,330 men. Division of Lieutenant-General Durasov:Brigade of General-Major Markov in a camp before Weiningen opposite Dietikon Brigade of General-Major Pushchin in a camp at Würenlos and in front of the village of Wettingen: 2,500 infantry, 1,000 cossacks. Along the right banks of the Limmat from Baden to the Rhine. Total with gunners 7,052 men; the cavalry and cossacks under Major-General Gudovich were distributed on the Rhine along the line of the road from Zürich to Baden. Reserve Division Lieutenant-General Sacken, 5,700 men in a camp at Regensdorf along the north bank of Lake Zürich connecting to Hotze. Nauendorf, with 5,400 Austrians, on the right bank of the Rhine between Waldshut and Basel.

Hotze with 25,000 Austrians, including 3,000 Swiss, from Uznach to Chur and Disentis. Suvorov with 28,000 Russians on the march from Italy through the Alps. Shortly before the battle Korsakov detached Sacken's 5,000 man Reserve Division to Rapperswil to reinforce Hotze in anticipation of Suvorov's approach weakening his defensive line along the Limmat before Zürich and exposing his line of communications; the departure of Archduke Charles gave the French a momentary superiority in numbers, Masséna was determined to exploit this and the redistribution of Austrians and Russians. His aim was to beat Hotze before any intervention by Suvorov. On 30 August he attempted to push back the enemy before Zürich; this river crossing was unsuccessful, Masséna now planned a crossing near Dietikon with a subsequent attack on Korsakov in Zürich. On 19 September, Masséna revealed his plan to his division commanders. Lorge's Division and part of Ménard'

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