The Army of the Eastern Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées Orientales) was one of the French Revolutionary armies. It fought against the Kingdom of Spain in...
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the eastern Pyrenees became a stalemate. In the western Pyrenees, the French began to win in 1794. By 1795, the French army controlled a portion of northeast...
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One of the French Revolutionary armies, the Army of the Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées) was created by a decree of the National Convention dated 1 October...
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Jacques François Dugommier (category French military personnel of the Seven Years' War)
commander of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, which was engaged in the War of the Pyrenees against Spain. His assignment was to retake the territory of Roussillon...
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Eustache Charles d'Aoust (category Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars)
the War of the Pyrenees against the Kingdom of Spain. On three separate occasions, he commanded the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, but he shared the fate...
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Pierre Charles Pouzet (category French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars)
and mentor to the young Jean Lannes, with whom he forged a lifelong friendship. He served with the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees in the campaigns against...
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saw the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees led by General of Division (GD) Jacques François Dugommier attack the joint Spanish-Portuguese Army of Catalonia...
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Louis-Charles de Flers (category Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars)
command of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. The War of the Pyrenees had opened badly for the French. The Spanish Army of Catalonia under Captain General...
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executed by guillotine for the disaster. In the year 1793 the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees suffered from the attentions of overbearing representatives...
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The Battle of Truillas (22 September 1793) saw the Republican French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees led by Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert attack the Spanish...
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The Army of the Western Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées occidentales) was one of the Republican French armies of the French Revolutionary Wars. From April...
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Guillaume Mirabel (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
French Royal Army as a dragoon in 1768. Appointed a cavalry instructor, he fought in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees against the Kingdom of Spain. In 1793...
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representatives-on-mission controlled the operations of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees to a greater degree than any other army of Republican France. Historian...
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Coalition. Under the command of Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees won a great victory at Black Mountain and captured two fortresses...
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The Battle of Perpignan or Battle of Niel (fr:Bataille de Perpignan) on 17 July 1793 saw the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees led by Louis-Charles de...
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to begin the Siege of Bellegarde which granted the French commander of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, Louis-Charles de Flers six weeks to whip his raw...
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Pierre François Sauret (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
lieutenant colonel in 1792. Assigned to the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, served with distinction during the War of the Pyrenees against Spain. He was promoted...
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The Battle of Mas Deu or Battle of Mas d'Eu on 19 May 1793 saw the French Revolutionary Army of the Eastern Pyrenees under Louis-Charles de Flers fighting...
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Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle (redesignated as the Army of the West on 1 October 1793) Army of the Western Pyrenees Army of the Eastern Pyrenees Several...
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Pierre Banel (category French Republican military leaders killed in the French Revolutionary Wars)
with Spain. A force of 10,000 men from the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees was sent to reinforce the Army of Italy, but because many of the soldiers deserted...
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Jean-Baptiste Bessières (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
deployed in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, and for the next three years Bessières fought in the War of the Pyrenees against Spain until its end, with...
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Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (category Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars)
commander of the Army of Italy before his transfer to command the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees on 3 March 1795. On 14 June a 35,000-strong Spanish army defeated...
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held top functions within the army. They wore distinctive uniforms and were entitled to carry a baton, which was a symbol of their authority. Throughout...
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on the Mediterranean Sea. On 16 January 1794, General of Division Jacques François Dugommier took command of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. The victor...
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from the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. However, local authorities retained many of these soldiers and the Army of Italy received only a fraction of this...
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François Amédée Doppet (category French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
the Siege of Toulon and the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. In no case did his time in command last long. During the last appointment he became ill and was...
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André de La Barre (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
August 1793, La Barre fought at Toulon that year. Going to the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, he distinguished himself at Boulou in May 1794. He was killed...
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Étienne Charlet (category French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
of battle from 1 September 1793 showed the Légion de Pyrenées among the list of units in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, fighting in the War of the...
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At the Battle of Peyrestortes (17 September 1793) in the War of the Pyrenees, soldiers of the First French Republic defeated a Spanish army that had invaded...
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Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (category Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration)
held commands in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, defeating the Spanish troops at the battle of Escola with "a sombre kind of energy". He succeeded Jacques...
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