French invasion of Switzerland | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
![]() Entry of the French into Bern on 15 March 1798. Engraving by Abraham Girardet, c. 1798-1803 | |||||||
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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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