Suvorov's Swiss campaign
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Suvorov's Swiss campaign took place on Swiss territory between September and October 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition. Russo-Austrian troops, who had already repeatedly defeated the French
J. A. F. de Paula, baron of Thugut
Portrait of Suvorov, 1799
Suvorov on the march to the Gotthard Pass
Suvorov crossing the Gotthard Pass, painting by Alexander Kotzebue
André Masséna
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André Masséna, prince d'Essling, duc de Rivoli, was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire cre
Suvorov's Swiss campaign
…April and August, crossed St. Gotthard under the command of Field Marshal Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, with orders to march against General André Masséna to drive him out of the Helvetic Republic. The campaign was an instance of mountain warfare. After the important victories of the previous months during…
Portrait of Masséna made c. 1853 after an 1804 original by Antoine-Jean Gros
Commemorative bas-relief at Masséna's childhood home in Levens, Alpes-Maritimes, installed on the bicentenary of his birth in 1958.
André Masséna as lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd Var Battalion in 1792. Portrait by Ferdinand Wachsmuth, 1834.
Masséna as a general of the French Revolutionary Army, 1796