Battle of Grauholz
| Battle of Grauholz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the French invasion of Switzerland of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
A painting of the Battle of Grauholz by Friedrich Walthard | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic | Swiss Confederation | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexis Schauenburg | Karl Ludwig von Erlach | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,600 killed or wounded | 2,000 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Grauholz on 5 March 1798 was a battle between a Bernese army under Karl Ludwig von Erlach against the French Revolutionary Army under Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg. The battle took place at Grauholz, a wooded hill in what is now the municipalities of Urtenen-Schönbühl and Moosseedorf in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The government of Bern had already surrendered the previous day, and the Bernese defeat at Grauholz ended their resistance to the French in the north of the canton.