ORDER OF BATTLE // June 14, 1795
Battle of Bascara
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 60,000 estimated
Spain
35,000
Medium-confidence figure
France
25,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Bascara was fought on 14 June 1795 during the War of the Pyrenees, itself a theater of the broader War of the First Coalition. The engagement pitted a Spanish Royal army of 35,000 under José de Urrutia against a Republican French force of 25,000 under Barthélemy Schérer, resulting in French casualties of 2,500. The action near Girona demonstrated the vulnerability of French operational movements in the northeastern Spanish theater when exposed to a concentrated Spanish response. No recorded outcome in terms of territorial decision is attached to the battle, but the French losses sustained during what began as a foraging expedition underscored the risks of dispersed operations against a numerically superior opponent.
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