Second Battle of Zurich

Second Battle of Zurich
	Part of the Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799
	; The Battle of Zurich ; François Bouchot, 1835
Date	25–26 September 1799
Location	Zürich, Helvetic Republic47°22′N 8°33′E / 47.367°N 8.550°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Russian Empire; Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna; Édouard Mortier; Jean Ménard ; Jean Lorge; Dominique Klein	Alexander Korsakov; Mikhail Durasov; Aleksey Gorchakov; Fabian Osten-Sacken; Nikolai Gudovich
Strength
35,448	27,116
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed or wounded	At least 8,000 casualties during the battle ; 100 guns 4,000 more casualties during the retreat
	Location within Europe

War of the Second Coalition:
Austria

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The Second Battle of Zurich (25–26 September 1799) 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 stalemate that had resulted from the First Battle of Zurich three months earlier and led to the withdrawal of Russia from the Second Coalition. Masséna took full advantage of the incompetence of the Russian commander who had accidentally scattered his forces, and launched a bold assault. Most of the fighting took place on both banks of the river Limmat up to the gates of Zürich, and within the city itself. It was arguably the most significant French victory of 1799.

The same days saw a battle between Hotze's Austrians and Soult's French at the River Linth.