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Battle of Villelongue
Part of War of the Pyrenees

Modern map shows Villeongue-dels-Monts in relation to Le Boulou, Brouilla, and Montesquieu.
Date7 and 18 December 1793
Location
Villelongue-dels-Monts, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Kingdom of Spain
Battle of Villelongue Kingdom of Portugal
France Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Spain Antonio Ricardos
Kingdom of Portugal John Forbes
France François Doppet
France Eustache d'Aoust
Units involved
Spain Army of Catalonia France Army of the Eastern Pyrenees
Strength
7 Dec.: 8,000 7 Dec.: 10,000, 40 guns
Casualties and losses
7 Dec.: 56 7 Dec.: 652, 26 guns

The Battle of Villelongue (7 and 18 December 1793) saw a Royal Spanish force from the army commanded by Antonio Ricardos attack a position held by a Republican French force from the army led by François Amédée Doppet. Spanish and French attack columns passed each other in the night without detecting each other. On 7 December, the Spanish attack on Villelongue-dels-Monts was delivered first and was completely successful, causing the French soldiers to flee. On 18 December, in order to cover a planned withdrawal, Doppet ordered an attack on the Portuguese garrison at Villelongue. Eustache Charles d'Aoust carried out the operation and overwhelmed the Portuguese. However, two days later, the French army was disastrously defeated at the Battle of Collioure and had to beat a hasty retreat to Perpignan.[1]

  1. ^ Phipps 2011, pp. 163–166.

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