Siege of Bellegarde (1793)

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The Siege of Bellegarde (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces besieged and captured the strategic fortress of Bellegarde from Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the French Revolutionary Wars
military engagement
siege
belligerent France
Spain NERFINISHED
borderRegion Franco-Spanish border NERFINISHED
commander Antonio Ricardos NERFINISHED
Louis-Charles de Flers NERFINISHED
Marquis de las Amarillas NERFINISHED
conflict War of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED
conflictType siege warfare
countryInvolved French First Republic NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED
followedBy Battle of Truillas NERFINISHED
fortificationTypeInvolved mountain fortress
garrisonSurrenderedTo French forces
hasCause War between revolutionary France and Spain NERFINISHED
hasEndTime 1793-06-24
hasStartTime 1793-05-23
historicalEra French Revolution NERFINISHED
isPartOf operations along the Pyrenees frontier in 1793
location Eastern Pyrenees NERFINISHED
Fort de Bellegarde NERFINISHED
France
Le Perthus NERFINISHED
Pyrénées-Orientales NERFINISHED
militaryTheater Eastern Pyrenees front NERFINISHED
namedAfter Fort de Bellegarde NERFINISHED
opponent French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees NERFINISHED
Spanish garrison of Bellegarde
partOf French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
partOfCampaign French campaign in the eastern Pyrenees in 1793 NERFINISHED
pointInTime 1793
precededBy Spanish capture of Bellegarde in 1793
primaryObjective recapture Bellegarde from Spain
result French victory
capture of Fort de Bellegarde by France
strategicImportance control of a key invasion route between France and Spain
control of the Perthus Pass
usedTactic formal siege operations
usedWeaponType artillery

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Army of the Eastern Pyrenees engagedInBattle Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
Army of the Eastern Pyrenees engagedInBattle Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
this entity surface form: Siege of Bellegarde (1794)
War of the Pyrenees significantBattle Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
War of the Pyrenees significantBattle Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
this entity surface form: Siege of Bellegarde (1794)