Battle of Glarus | |||||||
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Part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign (War of the Second Coalition) | |||||||
Painting of the battle from Molitor's possession | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Empire Habsburg monarchy |
France Helvetic Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Suvorov[a] Pyotr Bagration Franz Xaver von Auffenberg |
Jean-de-Dieu Soult Gabriel Molitor Honoré Gazan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,160[3] | 5,497[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
450 killed 1,700 wounded |
320 killed 830 wounded[5] |
The Battle of Glarus (also uncollectively the Combat of Näfels/Netstal[6]), was a battle fought on October 1, 1799,[b] the battle was the bloodiest battle of the War of the Second Coalition.[7] The battle ended the Austro-Russian invasion of the Helvetic Republic and was the last campaign which involved the Russian undefeated general Alexander Suvorov.[8] Initially, Suvorov's rearguard, led by Andrei Rosenberg, was able to fend off a French attack led by Adolphe Mortier in the Battle of the Muota Valley. Suvorov's vanguard under Pyotr Bagration, managed to overwhelm French forces at Glarus, also capturing Netstal, but came to a stalemate near Näfels and Mollis.[9] Despite having accomplished the main goal of capturing Glarus,[9] Suvorov began a retreat via the Panixer Pass. In his report to Emperor Paul I[10] Suvorov did not mention the battle. Instead, the report portrayed his Alpine campaign as a series of his brilliant victories, even though he considered a retreat to Italy, which would have been an admission of complete failure.[11]
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