Battle of Zürich
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The Battle of Zürich may refer to:
- The siege of Zürich during the Old Zürich WarOld Zürich WarThe Old Zürich War , 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg....
(1443–1446) - Either of two battles during the war between revolutionary France and the Second Coalition (1798–1800):
- First Battle of ZürichFirst Battle of ZürichThe Helvetic Republic in 1798 became a battlefield of the French Revolutionary Wars. In the First Battle of Zurich on 4 – 7 June 1799, French general André Masséna was forced to yield the city to the Austrians under Archduke Charles and retreated beyond the Limmat, where he managed to fortify his...
, (June 1799) - Second Battle of ZürichSecond Battle of ZürichThe Second Battle of Zurich was a French victory over an Austrian and Russian force near Zurich. It broke the stalemate that had resulted from the First Battle of Zurich three months earlier and led to the withdrawal of Russia from the Second Coalition.After he had been forced out of the city in...
, (September 1799)
- First Battle of Zürich