During the French Revolutionary Wars, the revolutionary armies marched eastward, enveloping Switzerland in their battles against Austria. In 1798, Switzerland was completely overrun by the French and
The people of Zürich celebrate dancing around an Arbre de la liberté on the Münsterhof while the French carry off the treasury (1848 woodcut).
The Battle of Zurich by François Bouchot, 1835. Masséna at the Second Battle of Zurich
16 Frank coin issued by the Helvetic Republic, this represents the first national coinage of Switzerland.
Act of Mediation, 1803
Second Battle of Zurich
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The Second Battle of Zurich was a key victory by the Republican French army in Switzerland led by André Masséna over a Russian force commanded by Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov near Zürich, as it broke the
Switzerland in the Napoleonic era
…Republic encountered severe economic and political problems. In 1798 the country became a battlefield of the Revolutionary Wars, culminating in the Battles of Zürich in 1799. In 1803 Napoleon's Act of Mediation reestablished a Swiss Confederation that partially restored the sovereignty of the cantons, and the former…
Contemporary drawing of the battle by Siméon Fort.
Memorial on Limmat river in Dietikon