Stecklikrieg

The ("War of Sticks") was a civil war in Switzerland in 1802 that resulted in the collapse of the Helvetic Republic, the renewed French occupation of Switzerland and ultimately the Act of Mediation dictated by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803. The conflict pitted federalist insurgents, mostly drawn from the rural population, against government forces of the unitary Helvetic Republic. The term , or "wooden club," from which the conflict draws its name, refers to the improvised weaponry of the insurgents.

Key facts

Military conflict.conflict: Stecklikrieg
Military conflict.image: ZehenderStecklikrieg.jpg
Military conflict.image_size: 280px
Military conflict.caption: The death of Lieutenant Rudolf von Werdt during the siege of Bern on 18 September 1802, an episode of the Stecklikrieg. Drawing by Karl Ludwig Zehender, 1805.
Military conflict.date: August – 26 October 1802
Military conflict.place: Helvetic Republic
Military conflict.result: Federalist victory Collapse of the Helvetic Republic New French military occupation Act of Mediation (10 March 1803)
Military conflict.combatant1: Helvetic Republic Supported by: France
Military conflict.combatant2: Federalists 15px Zürich 15px Bern 15px Lucerne 15px Uri 15px Schwyz 15px Unterwalden 15px Glarus 15px Solothurn 15px Appenzell      Aargau
Military conflict.commander1: Johann Rudolf Dolder Joseph Leonz Andermatt Michel Ney
Military conflict.commander2: Alois von Reding Niklaus Franz von Bachmann