Alexander Korsakov
Alexander Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov (
Swiss expedition of 1799–1800
.
Early career
Korsakov entered military service as a cadet in the
ill-fated expedition against Persia, which Emperor Paul I recalled in 1799 in order to deal with the French Revolutionary Wars
. In 1797, Korsakov was elevated to inspector general of Infantry, and the following year, general lieutenant.
1799 campaign in Switzerland
In 1798, Paul I gave Korsakov command of an expeditionary force of 30,000 men sent to Germany to join
Second Battle of Zürich, winning a signal victory and forcing Korsakov to withdraw rapidly to Schaffhausen, despite almost no pursuit by the French and orders from Suvorov for him to hold his ground. Korsakov then took up a position on the east of the Rhine in the Dorflingen Camp (Dörflingen) between Schaffhausen and Constance, remaining there while Masséna was left free to deal with Suvorov. His left under Condé was driven from Constance on 7 October, on the same day he advanced from Büsingen against Schlatt, but was eventually driven back by Masséna, abandoning his hold on the left bank of the Rhine. He joined Suvorov’s survivors at Lindau on 18 October, and was shortly after relieved of command. Soon after he was dismissed as colonel-in-chief of the Rostov Musketeer Regiment in disgrace. The combined army turned towards Bohemia
, from where Paul I recalled the army back to Russia for the winter.
Later career
With the accession of Emperor
State Council of Imperial Russia. He died in 1840.[2]
References
- Clausewitz, Carl von (2020). Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3025-7
- Clausewitz, Carl von (2021). The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3034-9
- "Korssakow". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 10 (4th ed.). 1890. p. 103.
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