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Second Battle of Zurich

Second Battle of Zurich was a battle fought on 25 September 1799 at Zurich, in what is now Switzerland; it lasted 1 day. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 35,448 against 27,116.

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Second Battle of Zurich
François Bouchot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 September 1799lasted 1 day
WhereZurich, Switzerland47.367N, 8.550E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFrench RepublicagainstRussian Empire; Habsburg monarchy
Casualties and losses4,000 killed or woundedandAt least 8,000 casualties during the battle
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition1798 to 1802

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

Action of 15 July 1798, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798Siege of Butrint, 1798Battle of Nicopolis, 1798Siege of Corfu, 1798Battle of Trebbia, 1799Siege of Ancona, 1799Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Feldkirch, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Siege of Mantua, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Battle of Cassano, 1799Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799Battle of Winterthur, 1799First Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Modena, 1799Siege of Alessandria, 1799Battle of Oberwald, 1799Battle of Schwyz, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Battle of Obrigheim, 1799Battle of Wiesloch, 1799Battle of Walserfeld, 1800Battle of Sassello, 1800Siege of Genoa, 1800Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800Battle of Stockach, 1800Battle of Engen, 1800Battle of Messkirch, 1800Battle of Erbach, 1800Battle of Montebello, 1800Battle of Höchstädt, 1800Battle of Neuburg, 1800Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800Battle of Pozzolo, 1800Battle of Copenhagen, 1801First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Suriname, 180417981804Second Battle of Zurich, 1799
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Record

Date25 September 1799
to 26 September 1799
PlaceZurich, Switzerland
47.367N, 8.550E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength35,44827,116
Casualties and losses4,000 killed or woundedAt least 8,000 casualties during the battle
Commanders
Second Battle of ZurichSecond Battle of ZurichFirst Battle of ZurichBattle of St. Jakob an der SihlMassacre of GreifenseeBattle of KappelSiege of RegensbergBattle of KappelSiege of RegensbergBernLausanneFreiburgMulhouseUlmVaduzBielChur100 km47.367N, 8.550E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1443 and 1799.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1799

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FR ARMYDefender: ALLIED ARMY
Strength35,00023,000
Casualties4,000 (11.4%)8,000 (34.8%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1082
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width14 km32 km
Attacker advanced8 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 113), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Second Battle of Zurich is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Switzerland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q233426, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Zurich, revision 1370736748, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.