| Battle of Collioure | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Pyrenees | |||||||
 Map of Collioure in the 18th century | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spain |
 France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Antonio Ricardos Gregorio Cuesta |
François Doppet Eustache d'Aoust Louis Delattre | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of Catalonia | Army of the Eastern Pyrenees | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 300 | 4,000, 100 guns | ||||||
The Battle of Collioure (20–23 December 1793) saw troops from Spain attack a French division during the War of the Pyrenees. The Spanish troops led by Gregorio García de la Cuesta were completely successful in ousting the French under Louis Pierre François Delattre from Collioure, Fort Saint-Elme and Port-Vendres. The contending sides were the Spanish Army of Catalonia commanded by Antonio Ricardos and the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees led by François Amédée Doppet and Eustache Charles d'Aoust. In September 1793, the French successfully defended Perpignan from Spanish attack but December saw a series of French defeats. One of the French representatives on mission, Claude Dominique Côme Fabre was killed during the fighting at Collioure. Aoust and Delattre were arrested, condemned and executed by guillotine for the disaster.