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Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga

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136: 125: 83: 148: 95: 962: 159: 106: 925:, the new leader reorganized the army. Dugommier set up supply depots, established hospitals, and improved local roads. By the time the French assumed the offensive in April 1794, their army numbered 28,000 regular soldiers, 20,000 garrison troops, and 9,000 hastily trained volunteers. 969:
Anxious about the beleaguered garrison of Bellegarde, de la Union assembled an army of 45,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry. He emerged from his fortified lines covering the Alto Ampurdán to attack Augereau's division on the western flank. The fighting took place near
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on 1 May. Immediately after their victory, they pushed the Allied army south of the Pyrenees and invested both Collioure and the Fort de Bellegarde. Collioure fell on 29 May, but Bellegarde proved to be much more difficult to capture. In a combat at
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The Marquis of Val-Santaro surrendered Bellegarde to Pérignon on 17 September. The 1,000 starving survivors of the garrison became prisoners, while 68 cannon and 40,000 rounds of cannon shot fell into French hands. French losses during the
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Ostermann-Chandler (1987), p. 407. Ostermann credited both Pérignon and Augereau with the victory, but the western sector belonged to Augereau.
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on 7 June, Pérignon repulsed a Spanish attempt to relieve Bellegarde, though La Barre was killed while leading his troopers.
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In 1793 the Spanish army defeated the ill-trained French armies where the Franco-Spanish border touches the
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resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Spanish army on 24 June. The Spanish army won the
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killed. The Spanish suffered losses of 1,400 soldiers killed, wounded, and missing.
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Smith (1998), p. 88. Smith gave sole credit to Augereau for the victory.
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Dugommier organized the infantry divisions of Generals of Division
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Infantry Regiments. The French counted 800 casualties, including
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division consisting of one battalion each of the 1st, 2nd,
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Ostermann, Georges. "Pérignon: The Unknown Marshal".
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Fresh from his triumph at the 527:Second invasion of Portugal 1809 157: 146: 134: 123: 104: 93: 81: 21:Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga 1174:The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. 1123: 1114: 1105: 1096: 1087: 1066: 1039: 1: 1136: 889: 433:War of the Pyrenees 1793-1795 1032: 1027:Battle of the Black Mountain 1015: 914:received a new commander in 912:Army of the Eastern Pyrenees 7: 1159:New York: Macmillan, 1987. 985:covered the retreat with a 886:surrendered a month later. 472:Mediterranean Campaign 1798 10: 1275: 1259:Battles involving Portugal 919:Jacques François Dugommier 872:Jacques François Dugommier 1176:London: Greenhill, 1998. 956: 428: 238: 182: 169: 116: 74: 33: 25: 20: 1254:Battles involving France 1249:Battles involving Spain 1063:Smith (1998), pp. 88-89 972:Sant Llorenç de la Muga 486:War of the Oranges 1801 450:Sant Llorenç de la Muga 51:Sant Llorenç de la Muga 966: 860:San Lorenzo de la Muga 859: 117:Commanders and leaders 1143:fortified-places.com 964: 183:Casualties and 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War of the Pyrenees
Sant Llorenç de la Muga
Catalonia
France
France
Spain
Spain
Portugal
France
Jacques Dugommier
France
Pierre Augereau
Spain
Luis de la Union
John Forbes
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War of the Pyrenees
Mas Deu
1st Bellegarde
Perpignan
Peyrestortes
Truillas
1st Boulou
Villelongue
1st Collioure
2nd Boulou
2nd Collioure
1st Sant Llorenç

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