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Battle of Gotthard Pass, the Glossary

The battle of (the) Gotthard Pass, also known as the battle of the St.^[1]

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1799 in Europe
Battles involving Switzerland
Battles of the War of the Second Coalition
Helvetic Republic

Aare

The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

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Airolo

Airolo (Airöö in Lombard, in Iriel) is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Alexander Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков; August 24, 1753 – May 25, 1840) was a Russian general remembered as an unlucky assistant to Alexander Suvorov during his Swiss expedition of 1799–1800.

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Alexander Suvorov

Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy (Kni͡az' Italiyskiy graf Aleksandr Vasil'yevič Suvorov-Rymnikskiy), was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.

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Alexander von Kotzebue

Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Franz von Kotzebue or Alexander Yevstafiyevich Kotzebue (Aleksandr Yevstafiyevich Kotsebu; 9 June 1815 – 24 August 1889) was a German Romantic painter of historical scenes and battle scenes.

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Altdorf, Uri

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland.

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Andermatt

Andermatt (italic) is a mountain village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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André Masséna

André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817), was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Andrei Rosenberg

Diederich Arend von Rosenberg or Andrei Grigoryevich Rosenberg (Andréy Grigór'yevič Rózenberg; 1739 – 7 September 1813) was an Imperial Russian general who led troops against Ottoman Turkey, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republican France.

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Archaism

In language, an archaism is a word, a sense of a word, or a style of speech or writing that belongs to a historical epoch beyond living memory, but that has survived in a few practical settings or affairs.

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Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain.

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Army of Condé

The Army of Condé (Armée de Condé) was a French field army during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Army of Helvetia

The Army of Helvetia, or (Armée d'Helvétie), was a command of the French Revolutionary Army.

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Attinghausen

Attinghausen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso

Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso (13 February 176828 July 1835), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Bad Ragaz

Bad Ragaz is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Barthélemy Catherine Joubert

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (14 April 1769 – 15 August 1799) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek; République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

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Battle of Ampfing (1800)

At the Battle of Ampfing on 1 December 1800, Paul Grenier's two divisions of the First French Republic opposed the Austrian army southwest of the town of Ampfing during the French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Ampfing (1800) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Amsteg

The Battle of Amsteg (14–16 August 1799) saw a Republican French division under General of Division Claude Lecourbe face a brigade of Habsburg Austrian soldiers led by General-major Joseph Anton von Simbschen. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Amsteg are 1799 in Europe, battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving Switzerland, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Biberach (1800)

The Battle of Biberach on 9 May 1800 saw a French First Republic corps under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr engage part of a Habsburg Austrian army led by Pál Kray. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Biberach (1800) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Cassano (1799)

The Battle of Cassano (Schlacht bei Cassano) was fought in 1799 from 27 to 28 April (O.S.: 16 to 17 April) near Cassano d'Adda, which about ENE of Milan. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Cassano (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Devil's Bridge

The Battle of (the) Devil's Bridge, also called the battle of the Teufelsbrücke, was fought in 1799, on 25 September (September 14 on the Julian calendar – Old Style date), during the War of the Second Coalition as part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign and the battles at the Saint-Gotthard Massif. Battle of Gotthard Pass and battle of Devil's Bridge are 1799 in Europe, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Feldkirch

The Battle of Feldkirch (23 March 1799) saw some French corps led by André Masséna attack a weaker Austrian force under Franz Jellacic. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Feldkirch are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Frauenfeld

The Battle of Frauenfeld was a military encounter during the War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802). Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Frauenfeld are 1799 in Europe, battles involving Austria, battles involving Switzerland and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Glarus (1799)

The Battle of Glarus (also uncollectively the Combat of Näfels/Netstal), was a battle fought on October 1, 1799, the battle was the bloodiest battle of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Höchstädt (1800)

The Battle of Höchstädt was fought on 19 June 1800 on the north bank of the Danube near Höchstädt, and resulted in a French victory under General Jean Victor Marie Moreau against the Austrians under Baron Pál Kray. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Höchstädt (1800) are battles involving Austria, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Hohenlinden

The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Hohenlinden are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Klöntal

The battle of (the) Klöntal or Claenthal was fought near Lake Klöntal (in the namesake valley) in 1799 during the Revolutionary Wars (Second Coalition, Suvorov's Swiss campaign). Battle of Gotthard Pass and battle of Klöntal are 1799 in Europe, battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Linth River

The Battle of (the) Linth River (25–26 September 1799) saw a French division under General of Division Jean-de-Dieu Soult face a force of Austrian, Imperial Russian, and Swiss rebel soldiers led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze in Switzerland. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Linth River are 1799 in Europe, battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving Switzerland, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Mannheim (1799)

The Battle of Mannheim (18 September 1799) was fought between an Austrian army commanded by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and a French army under Jacques Léonard Muller. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Mannheim (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Messkirch

The Battle of Messkirch (5 May 1800) saw a Republican French army led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau attack a Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Paul Kray. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Messkirch are battles involving Austria, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Muottental

The Battle of (the) Muottental, also known as the battle of the Muttental, Muotatal or Muotta, was fought in 1799, on 30 September and 1 October, during the Second Coalition war as part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign. Battle of Gotthard Pass and battle of Muottental are 1799 in Europe, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battle of Neuburg (1800)

The Battle of Neuburg occurred on 27 June 1800 in the south German state of Bavaria, on the southern bank of the Danube river. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Neuburg (1800) are battles involving Austria, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Novi (1799)

The Battle of Novi (15 August 1799) saw a combined army of the Habsburg monarchy and Imperial Russians under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov attack a Republican French army under General Barthélemy Catherine Joubert. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Novi (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Ostrach

The Battle of Ostrach, also called the Battle by Ostrach, occurred on 20–21 March 1799. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Ostrach are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Stockach (1799)

The Battle of Stockach occurred on 25 March 1799, when French and Austrian armies fought for control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Stockach (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Trebbia (1799)

The Battle of (the) Trebbia (17 – 20 June, 1799) was fought near the rivers of Tidone, Trebbia, and Nure in northern Italy between the joint Russian and Habsburg army under Alexander Suvorov and the Republican French army of Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Trebbia (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Wiesloch (1799)

The Battle of Wiesloch (Schlacht bei Wiesloch) occurred on 3 December 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Wiesloch (1799) are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Battle of Winterthur

The Battle of Winterthur (27 May 1799) was an important action between elements of the Army of the Danube and elements of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battle of Winterthur are 1799 in Europe, battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars, battles of the War of the Second Coalition and Helvetic Republic.

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Battles of Stockach and Engen

The Battles of Stockach and Engen were fought on 3 May 1800 between the army of the First French Republic under Jean Victor Marie Moreau and the army of the Habsburg monarchy led by Paul Kray. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Battles of Stockach and Engen are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Bellinzona

Bellinzona (Ticinese Belinzóna; Bellinzone; Bellenz; Blizuna) is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Biasca

Biasca is a town of the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Blenio Valley

The Blenio Valley (Valle di Blenio) is a valley of the Lepontine Alps in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Bristen

The Bristen (3,073 m) is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss and located to the south of Amsteg in the canton of Uri, Switzerland.

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Canister shot

Canister shot is a kind of anti-personnel artillery ammunition.

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Canon de 4 Gribeauval

The Canon de 4 Gribeauval or 4-pounder was a French cannon and part of the artillery system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval.

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Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière

Charles-Étienne César Gudin de La Sablonnière (13 February 1768 – 22 August 1812) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Chrüzli Pass

The Chrüzli Pass (Swiss German for Small Cross (as a diminutive) Pass) is a historic high mountain pass of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Graubünden (GR).

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Christopher Duffy

Christopher Duffy (1936 – 16 November 2022) was a British military historian.

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Claude Lecourbe

Claude Jacques Lecourbe (22 February 1759 – 22 October 1815) was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Demi-brigade

A demi-brigade (Half-brigade) is a military formation used by the French Army since the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Disentis

Mustér (Romansh) or Disentis (German), with its official name Disentis/Mustér is a village and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons.

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Divisional general

Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division.

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Eglisau

Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Engelberg

Engelberg (lit.: mountain of angel(s)) is a village resort and a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland.

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Erstfeld

Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Faido

Faido (Italian pronunciation: faˈiːdo; Faid) is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.

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Feint

Feint, a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing, is a maneuver designed to distract or mislead.

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Field marshal

Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo.

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First Battle of Marengo

The First Battle of Marengo or Battle of San Giuliano (16 May 1799; Julian calendar: 5 May) saw Republican French soldiers under General of Division Jean Victor Marie Moreau launch a reconnaissance in force against a larger force of Habsburg Austrian and Imperial Russian troops led by Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov. Battle of Gotthard Pass and First Battle of Marengo are battles involving Austria, battles involving France, battles involving the Russian Empire, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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First Battle of Zurich

The First Battle of Zurich, from 4 to 7 June 1799, forced French General André Masséna to yield the city of Zurich to the Austrians, under Archduke Charles, and to retreat beyond the Limmat, where he managed to fortify his positions, which resulted in a stalemate. Battle of Gotthard Pass and First Battle of Zurich are battles involving Austria, battles involving Switzerland, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Foreign Secretary

The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also known as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté (Frainc-Comtou: Fraintche-Comtè; Franche-Comtât; also Freigrafschaft; Franco Condado; all) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France.

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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Francis II and I (Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835.

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Franjo Jelačić

Baron Franjo Jelačić Bužimski (Franz Jellacic / Francis Yellachich of Buzhim; Franz Jellačić von Buzim; Ferenc Jellacsics de Buzim; 14 April 1746 – 4 February 1810) was a Croatian military officer and nobleman, a member of the House of Jelačić.

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Franz Petrasch

Franz, Freiherr von Petrasch (1746 – 17 January 1820) was an Austrian general officer serving in the Austrian Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Franz von Weyrother

Franz von Weyrother (1755 – 16 February 1806) was an Austrian staff officer and general who fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Franz Xaver von Auffenberg

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Auffenberg (1744 – 23 December 1815) was an Austrian general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

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French First Republic

In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.

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Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze

Friedrich Freiherr (Baron) von Hotze (20 April 1739 – 25 September 1799), was a Swiss-born general in the Austrian army during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Furka Pass

Furka Pass (Furkapass; Col de la Furka) is a high mountain pass in the southern Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri via the seasonal Furkapassroute.

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Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Gabriel-Jean-Joseph Molitor (7 March 1770 – 28 July 1849) was a Marshal of France.

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Göschenen

Göschenen (Casinotta, Caschanuttais) is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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General of the Artillery (Austria)

General of the Artillery was a historical military rank in some German and Austro-Hungarian armies, specifically in artillery.

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General of the cavalry

General of the Cavalry (General der Kavallerie) was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model.

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Glarus

Glarus (Glaris; Glaris; Glarona; Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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Gotthard Pass

The Gotthard Pass or St.

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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia

Konstantin Pavlovich (Константи́н Па́влович) was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.

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Grenz infantry

Grenz infantry or Grenzers or Granichary (from Grenzer "border guard" or "frontiersman"; Serbo-Croatian: graničari, krajišnici, Hungarian: granicsár, граничари, крајишници, Russian Cyrillic: граничары) were light infantry troops who came from the Military Frontier in the Habsburg monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary).

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Grimsel Pass

The Grimsel Pass (Grimselpass; Col du Grimsel; Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of.

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Habsburg monarchy

The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

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Helvetic Republic

The Helvetic Republic was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Hospental

Hospental (locally Oschpidall) is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Jäger (infantry)

Jäger (hunter; jäger) is a German military term referring to specific light infantry units.

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Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman.

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Johann Amadeus von Thugut

Johann Amadeus Franz de Paula Freiherr von Thugut (24 May 173628 May 1818) was an Austrian diplomat.

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Joseph Anton von Simbschen

Joseph Anton von Simbschen (6 October 1746 – 14 January 1820) served in the Austrian army during the War of the First Coalition as a staff officer in Italy.

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Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak

Karl Joseph Graf Hadik von Futak (28 October 1756 in Lőcse – 24 July 1800 in Alessandria) was a Hungarian cavalry soldier and commander serving in the Austrian Imperial Army during the War of the Bavarian Succession, Austro-Turkish War (1787–1791), and French Revolutionary Wars.

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Kingdom of Sardinia

The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: Regnum Sardiniae, or Regnum Sardiniae et Corsicae when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica.

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Kinzig Pass

The Kinzig Pass or Chinzig Pass or Chinzig Chulm (German: Kinzigpass) is a high mountain pass in the Schwyz Alps of Central Switzerland.

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Lake Como

Lake Como (Lago di Como), also known as Lario, is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of, making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over deep, it is the fifth-deepest lake in Europe and the deepest outside Norway; the bottom of the lake is below sea level.

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Lake Constance

Lake Constance (Bodensee) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (Obersee), Lower Lake Constance (Untersee), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.

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Lake Lucerne

Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee, literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), lac des Quatre-Cantons, lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.

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Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich (Zürichsee; Swiss German/Alemannic: Zürisee) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant field marshal

Lieutenant field marshal, also frequently historically field marshal lieutenant (Feldmarschall-Leutnant, formerly Feldmarschallleutnant, historically also Feldmarschall-Lieutenant and, in official Imperial and Royal Austrian army documents from 1867 always Feldmarschalleutnant, abbreviated FML), was a senior army rank in certain European armies of the 17th to 20th centuries.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Limmat

The Limmat is a river in Switzerland.

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Linth

The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich.

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Louis Henri Loison

Louis Henri Loison (16 May 1771 – 30 December 1816) briefly joined the French Army in 1787 and after the French Revolution became a junior officer.

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Louis Marie Turreau

Louis-Marie Turreau (4 July 1756, Évreux, Eure – 10 December 1816, Conches), also known as Turreau de Garambouville or Turreau de Linières, was a French general officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Lucerne

Lucerne (High Alemannic: Lozärn) or LuzernOther languages: label; Lucerna; Lucerna.

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Lukmanier Pass

Lukmanier Pass (Italian: Passo del Lucomagno, Romansh: Cuolm Lucmagn) is a pass in the Swiss Alps.

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Maderanertal

The Maderanertal is an Alpine valley of the canton of Uri in Central Switzerland.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Maloja Pass

Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Italy.

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Maxim Rehbinder

Maxim Vasilyevich Rehbinder (Maksim Vasil'yevich Rebinder; 1730 – 22 February 1804) was an associate of Suvorov.

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Michael von Melas

Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas (12 May 1729 – 31 May 1806) was a Transylvanian-born field marshal of Greek descent for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Mikhail Miloradovich

Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (Граф Михаил Андреевич Милорадович, Гроф Михаил Андрејевић Милорадовић Grof Mihail Andrejević Miloradović; &ndash), spelled Miloradovitch in contemporary English sources, was a Russian general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Mollis

Mollis is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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Muotathal

Muotathal is a village and a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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Nätschen

Nätschen is a mountain location and ski area above Andermatt, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland.

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Nikolay Kamensky

Count Nikolay Mikhailovich Kamensky (Николай Михайлович Каменский; 27 December 1776 – 4 May 1811) was a Russian general who outlived his father, Field Marshal Mikhail Kamensky, by two years.

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North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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Oberalp Pass

Oberalp Pass (Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera; Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.

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Oberalpsee

Oberalpsee is a lake just below Oberalp Pass on the side of the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Old Style and New Style dates

Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively.

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Panix Pass

Panix Pass or Panixer Pass (Romansh: Pass dil Veptga, German: Panixerpass) (2404 m) is a Swiss Alpine pass between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden.

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Paul I of Russia

Paul I (Pavel I Petrovich; –) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his 1801 assassination.

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Pavia

Pavia (Ticinum; Papia) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino near its confluence with the Po.

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Pragel Pass

Pragel Pass (el. 1548 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps between the cantons of Schwyz and Glarus between Muotathal and Netstal.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Pyotr Bagration

Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Russian general and prince of Georgian origin, prominent during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Ramsay Weston Phipps

Ramsay Weston Phipps (10 April 1838 – 24 June 1923) was an Irish-born military historian and officer in Queen Victoria's Royal Artillery.

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Rearguard

A rearguard or rear security is a part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear, either during an advance or withdrawal.

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Reuss (river)

The Reuss (Swiss German: Rüüss) is a river in Switzerland.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Saint-Gotthard Massif

The Gotthard Massif or Saint-Gotthard Massif (Gotthardmassiv or Sankt-Gotthard-Massiv; Massiccio del San Gottardo; Massiv dal Gottard) is a mountain range in the Alps in Switzerland, located at the border of four cantons: Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden.

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Sargans

Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Savoy

Savoy (Savouè; Savoie; Italian: Savoia) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.

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Schächental

The Schächental (Schächen Valley) is an alpine valley of Uri, Switzerland, formed by the river Schächen.

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Schöllenen Gorge

Schöllenen Gorge (Schöllenenschlucht; Schöllenen) is a gorge formed by the upper Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri between the towns of Göschenen to the north and Andermatt to the south.

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Schwanden, Glarus

Schwanden is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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Schwyz

Schwyz (Schwytz; Svitto) is a town and the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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Second Battle of Zurich

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 Korsakov near Zürich. Battle of Gotthard Pass and Second Battle of Zurich are battles involving Switzerland, battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and battles of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Seedorf, Uri

Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Sernftal

The Sernftal or Kleintal is an alpine valley within Glarus Süd, in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland.

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Silenen

Silenen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

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Simplon Pass

The Simplon Pass (Col du Simplon; Simplonpass; Passo del Sempione; Pass del Sempion;; Pass dal Simplon) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland.

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Splügen Pass

The Splügen Pass (Splügenpass; Passo dello Spluga; Pass dal Spleia) is an Alpine mountain pass of the Lepontine Alps.

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Surenen Pass

The Surenen Pass (German: Surenenpass) is a high mountain pass across the Urner Alps in the canton of Uri in Central Switzerland.

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Suvorov's Swiss campaign

Suvorov's Swiss campaign took place on Swiss territory between September and October 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Ticino (river)

The river Ticino (Tesin; French and Tessin; Ticīnus) is the most important perennial left-bank tributary of the Po.

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Torricella-Taverne

Torricella-Taverne is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Tortona

Tortona (Torton-a,; Dertona) is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy.

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Urseren

The Urseren (also Ursern) is the valley of the upper Reuss in Uri, Switzerland, running southwest to northeast, from Realp to Hospental and Andermatt.

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Vorderrhein

The Vorderrhein (help; Ragn Anteriur; Rain Anteriur; Ragn anteriour), or Anterior Rhine, is the left of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the Hinterrhein).

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Walensee

The Walensee, also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt from Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, with about two thirds of its area in the Canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the Canton of Glarus.

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War of the Second Coalition

The War of the Second Coalition (Guerre de la Deuxième Coalition) (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation) was the second war targeting revolutionary France by many European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and Russia and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples and various German monarchies.

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Wilhelm Derfelden

Otto-Wilhelm von Derfelden or Wilhelm Christoforovich Derfelden (Vil'gel'm Hristoforovič Derfel'den; 1737 – 20 September 1819) was an Imperial Russian General of the Cavalry from a family of Baltic Germans.

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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gotthard_Pass

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