Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokumukira kweSwitzerland kwa 1798, vaAustria vakanga vaisa mauto muGrisons, pakukumbira kweCanton, iyo yakanga isina kubatana neHelvetic Republic itsva pasi pokudzivirirwa 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 pa
MuOstrach neStockach, uye gare gare muFeldkirch, 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.