Battle of Klöntal

Battle of the Klöntal
	Part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign in the war of the Second Coalition
	; The Cossacks and Russian regulars over Klöntalersee. Engraved by Ludwig Hess (1799)
Date	30 Sep. to 1 Oct. 1799; (O.S. 19 to 20 Sep. 1799)
Location	at Klöntalersee, Canton of Linth, Helvetic Republic
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
Russia ; Habsburg monarchy	France
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov ; Pyotr Bagration ; Yakov Povalo-Shveikovsky ; Giorgio Zuccato ; Wilhelm Derfelden ; Franz von Auffenberg	Gabriel Molitor
Strength
~2,100	up to 6,500
Casualties and losses
unknown	1,000 killed or wounded,; 1,000 captured

The battle of (the) Klöntal was fought near Lake Klöntal (in the namesake valley) in 1799 during the Revolutionary Wars (Second Coalition, Suvorov's Swiss campaign). Suvorov's Russians and Austrians, numbering plus or minus 2,100, were pressing against the French of Molitor, numbering up to 6,500. It ended with the victory of the allies represented by Austria, — Habsburg monarchy, — and Russia.

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