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Battle of Orbaizeta
Part of the War of the Pyrenees

Terrain south of Orbaizeta
Date15–17 October 1794
Location
Orbaizeta, Navarre, Spain
Result French victory
Belligerents
France France Spain Spain
Commanders and leaders
France Bon-Adrien Moncey Spain Duke of Osuna
Strength
46,000[1] 13,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Not known[1] 4,000, 50 cannons[1]

The Battle of Orbaizeta was fought from 15 to 17 October 1794 during the War of the Pyrenees, between the French Army of the western Pyrenees led by Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey and Spanish forces under the command of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna. Part of the wider French Revolutionary Wars, this engagement was fought over a wide area to the northwest and northeast of Pamplona in Navarre and ended in a French victory. The Spanish defenders gave up territory to the north of Pamplona, including a number of strategic locations.

  1. ^ a b c d Smith 1998, p. 93.

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