Consequences
After the French victory pulled Russia back from the Second Coalition. The Russians had lost their aura of Unschlagbarkeit. The area of the old Confederation was under French control. The French had extended their run to the territory of the Confederation and created favorable conditions for the attack on Austria. Under threat of release for looting Masséna requisitioned enormous quantities of food, livestock feed and as well as soldiers and money. In the war-affected areas dominated want and misery. The Second Coalition War had weakened the Helvetic Republic strong. The lost popular support led ultimately to the 1803 Act of Mediation.
On the Zurich mountain recall a short forest trail and a monument at Massena and the French. At the monument in the forest both battles of Zurich are briefly described. The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the name of Dietikon and Muotathal are chiselled. In Schöllenenschlucht is a monument to the Alpine crossing the Russians under Suvorov. On the plateau, if the monastery driving a memorial stone at the fallen there Cossacks. Every year the monastery driving thanks to a fair that the nuns have been spared to life and limb. Between Burgwies and Balgrist in Zurich reminds the Russenweg to escape the baggage of Korsakov.
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