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    War of the Second Coalition: Austria 200km 125miles 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 Zurich 6 5 4 3 2 1    The Battle of Amsteg (14–16 August 1799) saw a Republican...
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    August 1799: General Joubert, commander of both the Army of Italy and the Army of the Alps, killed at the battle of Novi 15 August – 20 September 1799: General...
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  • defeats Austria Battle of Schwyz 14–15 August - France defeats Austria Battle of Amsteg 14–16 August - French victory over Austria Battle of Novi (1799) 15...
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  • list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation). It includes the battles of: the...
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    against Amsteg. The next morning, Auffenberg's men worked their way down the Maderanertal unopposed until within a half-hour march of Amsteg, when they...
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  • Joseph Anton von Simbschen (category Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa)
    During the War of the Second Coalition in 1799 he led the Austrian forces at Amsteg in Switzerland and later earned promotion to Feldmarschall-Leutnant. He...
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    Auffenberg, having descended from Disentis by the Maderanertal, occupied Amsteg (now Silenen) on the Reuss and knocked out from there an insignificant French...
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    Disentis to Amsteg in the upper Reuss valley. Suvorov's main column was equipped with 25 Piedmontese 2-pounder mountain cannons. The rest of Suvorov's artillery...
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  • War of the Second Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars) Battle of Amsteg – 1799 – War of the Second Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars) Battle of Schwyz...
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    earliest reference for this is the White Book of Sarnen (1470), which records that The text names Zwing Uri at Amsteg as the first castle slighted, followed...
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