Battle of Grauholz

Battle of Grauholz
Part of the French invasion of Switzerland of the French Revolutionary Wars
A painting of the Battle of Grauholz by Friedrich Walthard
Date 5 March 1798 Location Urtenen-Schönbühl, Moosseedorf 47°1′N 7°30′E / 47.017°N 7.500°E / 47.017; 7.500 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Swiss Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Alexis Schauenburg	Karl Ludwig von Erlach
Strength
18,000	30,000
Casualties and losses
1,600 killed or wounded	2,000 killed or wounded

The Battle of Grauholz^[1] on 5 March 1798 was a battle between a Bernese army under Karl Ludwig von Erlach against the French Revolutionary Army under Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg. The battle took place at Grauholz, a wooded hill in what is now the municipalities of Urtenen-Schönbühl and Moosseedorf in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The government of Bern had already surrendered the previous day, and the Bernese defeat at Grauholz ended their resistance to the French in the north of the canton.