The year 1793 had been a difficult…
1794 CE
The Siege of Bellegarde had concluded in June with the French surrender of the Fort de Bellegarde, which dominates the key Pass of Le Perthus through the Pyrenees.
However, Ricardos had been repelled in the Battle of Perpignan on July 17.
The French army had revived again under General of Division Eustache Charles d'Aoust to deal their enemies a sharp reverse at the Battle of Peyrestortes on September 17.
Five days later, Ricardos defeated the French at the Battle of Truillas.
Subsequently, the Spanish general had fallen back to the valley of the Tech River, where he repulsed a series of French attempts to drive him back into Spain.
D'Aoust had tried and failed to oust the Spanish from Le Boulou on October 3.
In the Battle of the Tech (or Pla del Rey) from October 13 to 15, Ricardos had bloodily repulsed the attacks of General of Division Louis Marie Turreau.
D'Aoust had been defeated again in his December 7 attack on Villelongue-dels-Monts.
The Spanish had seized Fort Saint-Elme through the treason of its commander and captured the port of Collioure on December 20, wiping out four thousand of its garrison of five thousand men.
D'Aoust, arrested soon afterward, will eventually be executed in July.
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