Stecklikrieg

Stecklikrieg
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.
Date August – 26 October 1802 Location Helvetic Republic Result Federalist victory Collapse of the Helvetic Republic New French military occupation Act of Mediation (10 March 1803)
Belligerents
Helvetic Republic	Federalists Zürich Bern Luzern Uri Schwyz Unterwalden Glarus Solothurn Appenzell      Aargau
Commanders and leaders
Johann Rudolf Dolder	Alois von Reding Niklaus Franz von Bachmann

The Stecklikrieg ("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 itself was between insurgents, mostly drawn from the rural population, and the official forces of the Helvetic Republic. The term Stäckli, or "wooden club," from which the conflict draws its name, refers to the improvised weaponry of the insurgents.