French invasion of Switzerland

French invasion of Switzerland
	Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
	; Contemporary drawing of the Battle of Neuenegg, 5 March 1798. Bernese heavy cavalry (red) mounts an attack against French dragoons on the river Sense
Date	28 January – 17 May 1798
Location	Old Swiss Confederacy
Result	French victory Switzerland becomes a French client state;
Belligerents
France	Switzerland
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Brune; Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg; Philippe Romain Ménard	Karl Ludwig von Erlach X; Alois von Reding
Strength
At least 35,000	20,000 (Bern); 10,000 (Schwyz, Nidwalden and Uri)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	700 (Bern)

The French invasion of Switzerland (German: Franzoseneinfall) occurred from January to May 1798 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The independent Old Swiss Confederacy collapsed from the invasion and simultaneous internal revolts called the "Helvetic Revolution". The Swiss ancien régime institutions were abolished and replaced by the centralised Helvetic Republic, one of the sister republics of the French First Republic.

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