Combats of Schwanden

Combats of Schwanden
Part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign in the war of the Second Coalition

Schwanden c. 1890–1900
Date5 October 1799
Location
Schwanden, Canton of Linth, Switzerland
Result
  •  • Russian victory – 1st combat
  •  • French victory – 2nd combat
Belligerents
France Russia
Commanders and leaders
Strength
5,000 (in total) 1,899 men plus 1 regiment
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The first combat of Schwanden and the second combat of Schwanden (5 October [O.S. 24 September] 1799) saw a Russian rearguard under the command of Pyotr Bagration, which acted self-determinately and not dependently on the commander-in-chief Suvorov, repelling a French attacks of Gabriel Molitor, who was directed by Honoré Gazan, at Schwanden, with various success, when the French commander-in-chief André Masséna tried to catch up with Suvorov's army. The combats took place during Suvorov's Swiss campaign.

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