Due to Boney centered approach to history other outstanding feats of arms of the French army are ignored, which make seems crossing the Gr. St. Bernard looking pale.
Lecourbe fought for 7 months a high Alpine Warfare in Switzerland.
A terrific read on this
the man
In "Phipps", volume V, written actually by Elizabeth Sanders, between page 86 and 87 there is a nice map showing East Switzerland and one can obtain a good overview.
Also in the book
Carnets militaires du général Lecourbe (1794 - 1799) - Un chef de guerre dans la Révolution, series historiques L'Harmattan, 2014, there is another good map at page 106 showing the movements of Lecourbe's division in March and April of 1799.
Those letters published in this volume are very interesting.
His nickname, given to him by the troops he commanded, was 'Kindly Crosspatch.'Elting, Swords, p. 158 - as usual when and where - the information not provided, neither a sufficient list of sources to pursue this matter of interest more.
All I could find out that the Austrians gave him the nickname General Fisch, général Poisson - because he managed to pass rivers under all kind of circumstances - in the 1800 campaign, source, Dictionnaire Napoléon, volume 2, page 170.
Boney, at least in the Monthelon blurb lamented that he did not use him earlier - as other in 1815 - because he could have served im well. He forgot conveniently what he did say earlier about him - that he was a dangerous man and had to be kept under close surveillance.
How ill he understood him, Lecourbe fought for la Patrie and France and not for an Emperor.
He kept his virtue and was not converted into a glory monger.
And Lecourbe was not the only French commander in those campaigns. His nickname, given to him by the troops he commanded, was 'Kindly Crosspatch.'
Lecourbe's campaigns can be found in The Armies of the First French Republic, Volume Five, by Ramsay Phipps.
The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of ... - Ramsay Weston Phipps - Google Books
It should be remembered that when space was made on the drapeaux for battle honours, they could only be those commanded personally by Napoleon.