Battle of Mas Deu

Overview

The Battle of Mas Deu or Battle of Mas d'Eu on 19 May 1793 saw the French Revolutionary Army of the Eastern Pyrenees under Louis-Charles de Flers fighting Bourbon Spain's army of Catalonia led by Antonio Ricardos.

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Significance

The Battle of Mas Deu was an engagement between France's Army of the Eastern Pyrenees under Louis-Charles de Flers and the Spanish Army of Catalonia commanded by Antonio Ricardos during the opening phase of the War of the Pyrenees, part of the broader French Revolutionary Wars. France fielded approximately 5,300 troops against a Spanish force estimated between 7,000 and 15,000, with French casualties recorded at 150 to 250. Beyond establishing that the two forces met on 19 May 1793 on this frontier, the outcome of the engagement is not recorded in available sources, limiting assessment of its operational consequences within the Pyrenean campaign.

Forces & casualties

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