Background
After the First Battle of Zurich, the old Confederation between the French and the Austrians was divided. The front line ran along the lower reaches of the Aare River Limmat-Albis chain-Uri, and on the 14 August, 1799, met a Russian army under General Korsakov in Schaffhausen. Archduke Charles, brother of the Austrian Emperor Francis II wanted to Korsakov encircle the French under General André Masséna in central Switzerland. On the night of 16 on the 17th August should be Korsakov meet with 20,000 infantry and 1,600 Cossacks, with 23,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry of Archduke Charles at Upper things.
Masséna was preparing an attack on the Austrian positions in the Alps. The main attack directed General Lecourbe, on the 16th August conquered the Gotthard and the Oberalp Pass. To distract the French had on 14 Early August by 5 clock attacked the camp of the Hussars in Sihlfeld in Zurich.
On 16 August a failed attack by the Archduke Karl and Korsakov on the French for the pontoon bridges over the river Aare in Döttingen could not be completely installed. Archduke Charles and Korsakov planned no further joint action. The coalition threatened to break up. A political compromise was to transfer to the fight in the Russian General Confederation Korsakov and the Swiss in the Austrian service, Field Marshal Friedrich von Hotze and Archduke Karl deploy in southern Germany.
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