Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekumukira kweSwitzerland kwe1798, maAustria aive neuto rakaiswa muGrisons, pakukumbira kweCanton, iyo yakanga isina kubatana neHelvetic Republic nyowani pasi pekudzivirirwa kweFrench Directory. Muna March 1799, hondo yakanga yatangazve pakati pevaAustria nevakanga vakabatana navo vairwa neFrance. Massena, uyo akanga achitungamirira uto reFrance muSwitzerland, akashamisa boka reAustria rakanga riri muGrizon, kunyange zvakadaro, ndokupinda mumaruwa. Kuenda kuchamhembe, pashure pokukunda paOstrach
uye kuStockach, uye gare gare paFeldkirch, Archduke Charles akadzinga vaFrench. Mukuru mukuru weSwitzerland Hotze, mubasa reAustria, akasvika kuburikidza neGrisons, uye achitevera kubudirira kwebasa paWinterthur. VaAustria, vachitevera budiriro yavo, vakaparadza chikamu chikuru cheSwitzerland yokumabvazuva. Massena akabva muZurich ndokudzokera kuRwizi Reuss.