Napoleon Bonaparte offered a plan of operations based on outflanking the Austrians by a push from Switzerland , but Moreau declined to follow it .
Of these , 108,000 troops were available for field operations while the other 29,000 watched the Swiss border and held the Rhine fortresses .
Napoleon Bonaparte offered a plan of operations based on outflanking the Austrians by a push from Swiss , but Moreau declined to follow it .
Of these , 108,000 troops were available for field operations while the other 29,000 watched the Swiss border and held the Rhine fortresses .