Four months later he had been appointed commander of the Army of Switzerland but positioned under the overall strategic management of General Jourdan. Due to losses endured by the other French armies, the Directory known as Masséna commander-in-chief of the Army of the Danube and Army of Switzerland and place him in charge of protecting the entire eastern frontier of France. Masséna was up for the struggle and reorganized his troops, successfully fighting the strikes. This August the Russians under Field Marshal Suvorov intended to unite the Austrians, but in September Masséna attacked the Austrians first, winning a dazzling victory at Zurich. He then turned to reduce Suvorov's Russians, inflicting severe casualties on those and cutting off their escape. Masséna next proceeded to succeed in Andelfingen in October.
One of the very behaves as First Consul was to mention Masséna the commander-in-chief of the Army of Italy. After establishing his command in Nice, he then transferred his headquarters up into Genoa.
The Austrians began an offensive in Italy in April of 1800, and so long the outnumbered French were falling and split backagain. Every time that the Austrians tried to storm the city, the French responded with strong counterattacks, but they could combat hunger and disease because of this very long time.
Masséna completely recognized the strategic situation and hauled out before June 4th when he finally surrendered due to the starvation of his own troops. Masséna's soldiers flew out of Genoa with their equipment, surrendering city and city.
But two weeks after he was relieved of management for a lot of the exact same reasons as in 1798 when he had left Rome, especially looting and treating both the soldiers badly. Masséna retired to Rueil on complete pay and rested with his wife and three children to the forthcoming couple decades. André Masséna,
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