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Battle of Peyrestortes

When
1793
Where
Peyrestortes, Roussillon
Episodes
1

At the Battle of Peyrestortes on 17 September 1793, soldiers of the First French Republic defeated a Spanish army that had invaded Roussillon and was attempting to capture Perpignan, during the War of the Pyrenees.

Episodes

  1. 17 September 1793 · Peyrestortes, RoussillonBattle of Peyrestortes

    French Republican soldiers defeated a Spanish army at Peyrestortes on 17 September 1793, frustrating its attempt to capture Perpignan.

Background and detail

Background. Beginning in April 1793, Captain General Antonio Ricardos and his Spanish army brushed aside the badly trained French armies in the department of Pyrénées Orientales. His forces occupied part of Roussillon and made an abortive attempt to seize the fortress of Perpignan in July 1793.

Course of the Battle. At the end of August, the Spanish commander sent two divisions on a sweep around the western side of Perpignan in an attempt to isolate the fortress and choke it off from resupply. On 17 September 1793, French soldiers defeated the Spanish army at Peyrestortes.

Aftermath. The next action was the Battle of Truillas on 22 September 1793. Ricardos successfully defended a Spanish foothold in France during the remainder of 1793, and at the end of that year the only French soil held by her enemies was in Roussillon.

Sources

  1. Battle of Peyrestortes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20

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