battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Glarus

Name: Battle of Glarus
Location: Näfels, Switzerland

Battle of Glarus was a battle fought in 1799 at Näfels, in what is now Switzerland. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Näfels. The recorded result: See Result. Recorded strength: 6,000 to 7,000; far less involved [?] against 6,000 to 7,000.

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Fought1799

WhereNäfels, Switzerland47.099N, 9.063E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSee Result

BelligerentsRussian Empire; Habsburg monarchyagainstFrance; Helvetic Republic

Record

Date	1799 (year precision)
Place	Näfels, Switzerland 47.099N, 9.063E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	6,000 to 7,000; far less involved [?]	6,000 to 7,000
Casualties and losses	Battle: unknown; Operation: 2,400 to 2,450; 400–450 dead; 1,700 injured; 300 captured	Battle: unknown; Operation: comparable to the enemy's [?]; 317–1,000 dead; 820–830 injured; at least 300–365 captured; possibly ≥1,000 captured
Commanders	Alexander Suvorov Sargans Alexander Korsakov Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze Pyotr Bagration Yakov Povalo-Shveikovsky	Jean-de-Dieu Soult Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière

Placed at Näfels; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Näfels 1388, 0.4 km NE
Battle of Linth River 1799, 6.7 km NW
Siege of Rapperswil 1656, 23 km NW
Siege of Grüningen 1440, 31 km NW
Battle of Morgarten 1315, 33 km W

Elsewhere in 1799

Battle of Glarus is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 73 in present-day Switzerland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q118670639, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Glarus (1799), revision 1383798121, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.