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Battle of Collioure

Battle of Collioure was a battle fought on 23 December 1793 at Collioure, in what is now France. It was part of the War of the Pyrenees, which ran from 1793 to 1795. The recorded result: Spanish victory. Recorded strength: 8,000 against 5,000.

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Plan de Collioure au 18e siècle
Plan de Collioure au 18e siècle. Unknown 18th century, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought23 December 1793
WhereCollioure, France42.527N, 3.081E
OutcomeSpanish victory
BelligerentsSpainagainstFrance
Casualties and losses300and4,000, 100 guns
Part ofWar of the Pyrenees1793 to 1795

Where it sits in the War of the Pyrenees

Battle of Céret, 1793Siege of Bellegarde, 1793Capture of San Pietro and Sant'Antioco, 1793Battle of La Tannerie, 1793Battle of Marmelade, 1793Battle of Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, 1793Battle of Ennery, 1793Battle of La Tannerie, 1793First Battle of Boulou, 1793Battle of Villelongue, 1793Battle of Coll de Banyuls, 1793Battle of Collioure, 1793Siege of Collioure, 1794Capture of Fort-Dauphin, 1794Battle of Sans Culottes Camp, 1794Battles of Bellver and Urgell, 1794Battle of Boulou, 1794Battle of Gonaïves, 1794First Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga, 1794Battle of Dondon (1794), 1794Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga, 1794Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga, 1794Battle of Saint-Raphaël, 1794Battle of the Black Mountain, 1794Siege of Roses, 1794Battle of the Gulf of Roses, 1795Battle of Cistella, 1795Battle of Bàscara, 1795Battle of Pontós, 1795Battle of Pontós, 1795Battle of Bascara, 1795Battle of Las Cahobas, 179517931795Battle of Collioure, 1793
33 placed engagements of the War of the Pyrenees in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date23 December 1793
PlaceCollioure, France
42.527N, 3.081E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength8,0005,000
Casualties and losses3004,000, 100 guns
Commanders
Battle of CollioureBattle of CollioureSiege of CollioureSiege of CollioureSiege of ElnaBattle of VillelongueSiege of BellegardeSiege of ElnaSiege of BellegardeBarcelonaToulouseMontpellierBéziersMataró100 km42.527N, 3.081E
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1642 and 1794.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1793

Battle of Collioure is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20974175, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Collioure, revision 1370437493, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.