Battle of Sans Culottes Camp
| Battle of Sans Culottes Camp | |||||||
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| Part of War of the Pyrenees | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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France |
Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Jean de Frégeville Augustin Lespinasse |
 Ventura Caro José de Urrutia | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of the Western Pyrenees | Army of Navarre and Guipuzcoa | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 13,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 235 | 335 | ||||||
The Battle of Sans Culottes Camp (5 February 1794) saw a
French Army of the Western Pyrenees under Jean-Henri-Guy-Nicolas de Frégeville. The Spanish assault seized two key positions behind the Bidasoa River but was unable to overrun the main position, called Sans Culottes Camp after an eight-hour contest. The War of the Pyrenees action was fought at a location described as being "in front" of (that is, west of) Saint-Jean-de-Luz near the modern France–Spain border
.
general of brigade
for his distinguished actions during the battle.
References
- Cust, Edward (1859). "Annals of the Wars: 1783-1795". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-908692-26-9.
- ISBN 1-85367-276-9.