French invasion of Switzerland | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Contemporary drawing of the Battle of Neuenegg, 5 March 1798. Bernese heavy cavalry (red) mounts an attack against French dragoons on the river Sense | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Switzerland | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Guillaume Brune Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg Philippe Romain Ménard |
Karl Ludwig von Erlach X Alois von Reding | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
At least 35,000[1] |
20,000 (Bern) 10,000 (Schwyz, Nidwalden and Uri)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 700 (Bern) |
The French invasion of Switzerland (German: Franzoseneinfall) occurred from January to May 1798 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The independent Old Swiss Confederacy collapsed from the invasion and simultaneous internal revolts called the "Helvetic Revolution". The Swiss ancien régime institutions were abolished and replaced by the centralised Helvetic Republic, one of the sister republics of the French First Republic.
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