What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1799
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.15° N, 9.02° E
- Description
- 1799 battle in Switzerland
Battle of Linth River
1799 War of the Second Coalition battle in Switzerland
The Battle of (the) Linth River 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. Soult carefully planned and his troops carried out a successful assault crossing of the Linth River between Lake Zurich and the Walensee.
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