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Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga

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The Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga (in Catalan, in San Lorenzo de la Muga) was fought on 13 August 1794 between an attacking Spanish–Portuguese army led by the Conde de la Unión and a French army commanded by Jacques François Dugommier. [1]

30 relations: Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, Battle of the Black Mountain, Battle of Truillas, Blockade, Brigadier general, Catalan language, Catalonia, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Collioure, David G. Chandler, Digby Smith, Divisional general, Fort de Bellegarde, French First Republic, Jacques François Dugommier, John Forbes (Portuguese general), Kingdom of Portugal, La Jonquera, Luis Firmín de Carvajal, Conde de la Unión, Mediterranean Sea, Militia, Pierre Augereau, Pierre François Sauret, Sant Llorenç de la Muga, Second Battle of Boulou, Siege of Bellegarde (1793), Siege of Toulon, Spain, War of the First Coalition, War of the Pyrenees.

Army of the Eastern Pyrenees

The Army of the Eastern Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées Orientales) was one of the French Revolutionary armies.

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Battle of the Black Mountain

The Battle of the Black Mountain (also Capmany or Sierra Negra or Del Roure or Montroig) was fought from 17 to 20 November 1794 between the army of the First French Republic and the allied armies of the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal.

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Battle of Truillas

The Battle of Truillas was fought on 22 September 1793 during the French Revolutionary War between the French Army of the eastern Pyrenees led by Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert and the Spanish Army of Catalonia under Antonio Ricardos.

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Blockade

A blockade is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Catalan language

Catalan (autonym: català) is a Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin and named after the medieval Principality of Catalonia, in northeastern modern Spain.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon

Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, 1st Marquis de Grenade (31 May 1754 – 25 December 1818) was Marshal of France.

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Collioure

Collioure (Cotlliure) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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David G. Chandler

David Geoffrey Chandler (15 January 1934 – 10 October 2004) was a British historian whose study focused on the Napoleonic era.

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Digby Smith

Digby Smith is a British military historian.

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Divisional general

Divisional general is a rank of general in command of a division.

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Fort de Bellegarde

The Fort de Bellegarde (Fort or Castell de Bellaguarda / Bellaguàrdia in Catalan) is a 17th-century fortification located above the town of Le Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of southern France.

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French First Republic

In the history of France, the First Republic (French: Première République), officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 22 September 1792 during the French Revolution.

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Jacques François Dugommier

Jacques François Coquille named Dugommier (1 August 1738, Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe – 18 November 1794, at the Battle of the Black Mountain) was a French general.

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John Forbes (Portuguese general)

John Forbes, also known in Portuguese as João Forbes (1733–1808), of Skelater, usually known as Forbes-Skelater, was a Scottish general in the Portuguese service.

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Kingdom of Portugal

The Kingdom of Portugal (Regnum Portugalliae, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy on the Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of modern Portugal.

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La Jonquera

La Jonquera is a municipality in the comarca of l'Alt Empordà, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Luis Firmín de Carvajal, Conde de la Unión

Luis Fermín de Carvajal, Conde de la Unión (1752 – 20 November 1794) became a general officer in the army of the Kingdom of Spain.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).

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Pierre Augereau

Charles Pierre François Augereau, 1st Duc de Castiglione (21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a soldier and general and Marshal of France.

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Pierre François Sauret

Pierre François Sauret de la Borie (23 March 1742, Gannat, Allier – 24 June 1818) enlisted in the French army as a private, fought in the Seven Years' War, and became a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Sant Llorenç de la Muga

Sant Llorenç de la Muga is a municipality in the Alt Empordà comarca, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain with an area of 32.06 km² and a population of 177 people.

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Second Battle of Boulou

The Second Battle of Boulou (29 April to 1 May 1794) was a battle in the War of the Pyrenees, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Siege of Bellegarde (1793)

The Siege of Bellegarde commenced on 23 May 1793 and ended on 24 June 1793 when Colonel Boisbrulé's French garrison surrendered the Fort de Bellegarde to a Spanish army under the command of Antonio Ricardos.

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Siege of Toulon

The Siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military operation by Republican forces against a Royalist rebellion in the southern French city of Toulon.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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War of the First Coalition

The War of the First Coalition (Guerre de la Première Coalition) is the traditional name of the wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 against the French First Republic.

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War of the Pyrenees

The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic.

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Redirects here:

Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga, Battle of San-Lorenzo de la Muga, Battle of St-Laurent-de-la-Muga, Battle of St-Laurent-de-la-Muga (1794), Battle of the Black Mountains.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sant_Llorenç_de_la_Muga

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