Battle of Muottental

Battle of the Muottental
	Part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign in the War of the Second Coalition
	; Battle at Mutten Valley by Alexander Kotzebue
Date	30 September – 1 October 1799; (O.S. — 19–20 September)
Location	Muottental/Muotta, Canton of Waldstätten, Helvetic Republic
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
France	Russia
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna; Édouard Mortier; Jean-de-Dieu Soult	Alexander Suvorov; Andrei Rosenberg; Maxim Rehbinder; Mikhail Miloradovich
Strength
>11,064 to 15,000 ~8,000 on the 1st day;	7,000 to 9,000 regulars and Cossacks 4,000 on the 1st day;
Casualties and losses
2,700 to 3,000; 1 howitzer, 5 cannons	~1,000–1,100

The Battle of (the) Muottental, also known as the battle of the Muttental, Muotatal or Muotta, was fought in 1799, on 30 September and 1 October, during the Second Coalition war as part of Suvorov's Swiss campaign. The Russian troops of Rosenberg's rearguard, ordered by Suvorov, stood in the Muottental (also referred to as the Muttental), now Muotatal, covering the march of the main force, and were attacked by outnumbered French troops under the overall command of Masséna. It ended in a decisive Russian victory.

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