Richard drifts over into the battles at Zurich, which seem to be confused by some people. The first battle was fought over 4th-6th June, in which (please note Ian Barstow) Archduke Charles inflicted a limited defeat on Massena, then well dug in around the excellent defensive position of the Zurichberg, forcing the French to pull back from there. Based on Angeli's Erzherzog Karl als Feldherr and Heeresorganisator (1896-97) and Archduke Charles' own account of the campaign Der Feldzug 1799 in Deutchland und der Schweiz (Vol 3 of Ausgewählte Schriften 1893), the Austrian order of battle for First Zurich was:

Left. FML Hotze

GM Jellacic

IR50 Stain (3)
IR49 Kerpen (1)
IR21 Gemmingen (1)
5th Modena Light Dragoons (1)
7th Waldeck Light Dragoons (2)
(4200)

FML Lothringen.
GM Bey

IR21 Gemmingen (2)
IR1 Kaiser (2)
7th Waldeck Light Dragoons (2)
Uhlans (1)
(3500)

GM O'Reilly

1st Bn 9th (Peterwardein) Grenzers
IR20 Kaunitz (3)
6th Coburg Light Dragoons (2)
11th Szeckler Grenx Hussars (2)
(3300)

GM Petrasch
GM Plunket

3rd and 4th Bns 9th (Peterwardein) Grenzers (1 + 2/3)
IR60 Vacant (new Hungarian regiment without an Inhaber) (2)

GM Kempf

IR41 Bender (3)
Brechainville Grenadiers (1/3)

GM Grunne

2nd Crown Prince Ferdinand Light Dragoons (6)
6th Coburg light Dragoons (4)
7th Waldeck Light Dragoons (2)

Centre. FML Wallis.

GM Reuss
GM Lindeman

IR3 Archduke Charles (3)
IR29 Wallis (3)
GM Rosenberg
Stozzi (1st) Light Infantry Bn (1)
IR35 Wenkheim (3)
11th Szeckler and 12th Croat-Slavonian Hussars (8)

GM Riesch
GM Hohenlohe

9th Nassau Kurassier (6)
10th Mack Kurassier (6)
(8200)

GM Anhalt
GM Hiller

6 bns Grenadiers

GM Sebottendorf

IR2 Archduke Ferdinand (2)

GM Hessen-Homburg

5th Zechwitz Kurassier (4)
11th Latour Light Dragoons (6)
12th Kinsky Light Dragoons (6)
(8000)

Right. GM Nauendorff. (14700 on the Glatt)

GM Kienmayer

Tyrolean Jäger (2/3)
Croat-Slavonian Sharpshooters (2/3) (Freikorps)
Rubnitz (12th) Light Infantry Bn (1/3)
12th Deutsch Banat Grenzers (1)
10th Meszaros Hussars (8)
Uhlans (1)

GM Simbchen

IR54 Callenberg (2+2/3)
IR12 Manfredini (3)
IR2 Archduke Ferdinand (1)
FZM Baillet de Latour

GM Mylius

IR22 Lacy (3)
IR7 Karl Schröder (3)

There were three Swiss battalions in Austrian service paid by the British in the area, but there weren't any Bavarians. Once Charles had been ordered back to Germany by Vienna, Massena took the chance to defeat a small Austrian contingent under Hotze and the advance-guard of Suvarov's army under Korsakov on September 25th-26th. I don't have anything detailed on Second Zurich. I also don't have any comprehensive OB for Hohenlinden, the only accurate records probably being buried deep in the Kriegsarchiv in Vienna. The reference in Furse to "two battalions of the Württemberg contingent" may be IR38, whose Inhaber was one of the older members of the ruling family of Württemberg. Like many others from the German nobility, they pursued careers in the Austrian army and were appointed inhabers. Certainly that is the case with the "Nassau Kurassier", which at this time were the 9th Kurassier Nassau-Usingen, with distinguishing colours light blue facings and white buttons. After a reduction in the heavy cavalry in 1801, it became 5th Kurassier, changing its Inhaber to Sommariva. DH.

The Württemberg Contingent 1800
The Bavarian Contingent 1800
The Battles 0f Zurich
Second Coalition Reading

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