Siege of Collioure (1794)

Siege of Collioure (1794)
Part of the War of the Pyrenees
Fort Saint-Elme overlooks the Mediterranean Sea
Date 6–29 May 1794 Location Collioure, Pyrénées Orientales, France Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Jacques Dugommier (WIA) Pierre Sauret	Conde de la Unión Eugenio Navarro
Units involved
Army of the Eastern Pyrenees	Army of Catalonia
Strength
14,000	7,000–8,000
Casualties and losses
150	160–1,000, 91 guns 22 colors

The siege of Collioure (6 – 29 May 1794) saw a Republican French army led by Jacques François Dugommier invest the French port of Collioure held by a Spanish garrison commanded by Eugenio Navarro. The actual siege work was carried out by Pierre François Sauret's reinforced division. After the three-and-a-half-week War of the Pyrenees siege, the Spanish fleet sent to evacuate the garrison was blown off station by a storm. Navarro surrendered the town on the promise to exchange the paroled garrison for an equal number of French prisoners. After the defenders were released, the Spanish army commander Luis Fermín de Carvajal, Conde de la Unión refused to authorize the agreement or return any French captives. The infuriated French government afterward passed a decree ordering death to all Spanish prisoners and some units carried out the brutal order.