✦ History

Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799

March 1799 – December 1799

Result Russo-Austrian victory in Italy; French victory in Switzerland

Suvorov's Austro-Russian army drove the French from northern Italy but the campaign in Switzerland ended in French success.

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Battles 1

September 26, 1799
Battle of Linth River French victory Bilten Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Key commanders

France 6

Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Barthélémy Catherine Joubert military commander André Masséna military commander Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer military commander Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander

Habsburg monarchy 6

Michael von Melas military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Andrey Rosenberg military commander Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze military commander