What the records say
- When
- 7 Oct 1813
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.31° N, 1.70° W
- Description
- 1813 battle during the Peninsular War
Battle of the Bidassoa
1813 battle of the campaign in south-west France
The Battle of the Bidasoa was fought on 7 October 1813. The Allied army of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington wrested a foothold on French soil from General Jean-de-Dieu Soult's army. The Allied troops overran the French lines behind the Bidassoa River on the coast and along the Pyrenees crest between the Bidasoa and La Rhune (Larrun).
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peninsular War: Battle of the Bidassoa, tactical Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire alliée à la bataille de la Bidassoa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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