Many Swiss citizens resist these "progressive" ideas,…
April 1798 CE
Many Swiss citizens resist these "progressive" ideas, particularly in the central areas of the country.
Some of the more controversial aspects of the new regime limit freedom of worship, which outrages many of the more devout citizens.
In response, the Cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden raise an army of about ten thousand men led by Alois von Reding to fight the French.
This army is deployed along the defensive line from Napf to Rapperswil.
Reding besieges French-controlled Lucerne and marches across the Brünig pass into the Berner Oberland to support the armies of Bern.
At the same time, ...