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Siege of Roses

Siege of Roses was a siege conducted on 28 November 1794 at Roses, in what is now Spain; it lasted 2 months. It was part of the War of the Pyrenees, which ran from 1793 to 1795. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 13,261 against 4,800.

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Porta de Mar de la Ciutadella de Roses (Alt Empordà)
Porta de Mar de la Ciutadella de Roses (Alt Empordà). Ainhoa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought28 November 1794lasted 2 months
WhereRoses, Spain42.267N, 3.183E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceagainstSpain
Casualties and lossesLightand583 casualties; 1,160 sick
Part ofWar of the Pyrenees1793 to 1795

Where it sits in the War of the Pyrenees

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33 placed engagements of the War of the Pyrenees in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date28 November 1794
to 4 February 1795
PlaceRoses, Spain
42.267N, 3.183E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength13,2614,800
Casualties and lossesLight583 casualties; 1,160 sick
Commanders
  • Dominique Catherine de Pérignon
  • Pierre Francois Sauret
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 195 BC and 1808.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1794

Siege of Roses is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3486014, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Roses (1794–1795), revision 1384849648, 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.