WebIn 1799, Switzerland became a battle-zone between the French, Austrian and Imperial Russian armies, with the locals supporting mainly the latter two, rejecting calls to fight with the French armies in the name of the Helvetic Republic.. Battle of Winterthur. The Battle of Winterthur (27 May 1799) was an important action between elements of the Army of the …

WebSwitzerland is divided in three main geographic regions: the Swiss Alps, the Central Plateau and the Jura, each corresponding to very different geological realities.In addition, two small regions are not part of those three. The first, north of the Rhine in the Basel area, is situated beyond the Jura. The second, on the south in the Mendrisio area, is located in …

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WebHistory of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni is a travel narrative by the English Romantic authors Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley.Published anonymously in 1817, it describes two trips taken by Mary, …

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WebThe Helvetic Republic (French: République Hélvetique, German: Helvetische Republik, Italian: Repubblica Elvetica) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars.It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, marking the end of the …

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WebGaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy, and Germany west of the Rhine.It covered an area of 494,000 km 2 (191,000 sq mi). According to Julius Caesar, Gaul was …