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Battle of Winterthur

Battle of Winterthur was a battle fought on 27 May 1799 at Winterthur, in what is now Switzerland. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 8,000 against 7,000.

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Record

Date27 May 1799
PlaceWinterthur, Switzerland
47.500N, 8.750E
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition (1798 to 1802)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultAustrian victory
BelligerentsAustriaFrench First Republic
CommandersFriedrich von Hotze; Friedrich JosephMichel Ney
Strength8,0007,000
Casualties and losses1,000 killed, wounded or missing800 killed, wounded or missing
Battle of WinterthurBattle of WinterthurMassacre of GreifenseeSecond Battle of ZurichFirst Battle of ZurichBattle of St. Jakob an der SihlSiege of RegensbergMassacre of GreifenseeSiege of RegensbergBernStrasbourgLausanneFreiburgLuzernMulhouseUlmBiel100 km47.500N, 8.750E
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Battle of Winterthur is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 44 in present-day Switzerland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q685798, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Winterthur, revision 1379901103, 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.