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Battle of the Bidassoa

1813 CE · First French Empire, Europe · War

Battle of the Bidassoa
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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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