siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Collioure
Siege of Collioure was a siege conducted in 1794 at Collioure, in what is now France. It was part of the War of the Pyrenees, which ran from 1793 to 1795. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 14,000 against 7,000–8,000.
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Where it sits in the War of the Pyrenees
Record
| Date | 1794 (year precision) to 29 May 1794 | |
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| Place | Collioure, France 42.527N, 3.081E | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Strength | 14,000 | 7,000–8,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 150 | 160–1,000, 91 guns; 22 colors |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Collioure 1793, same recorded site
- Siege of Collioure 1642, 0.1 km S
- Siege of Elna 1285, 12 km NW
- Battle of Villelongue 1793, 15 km W
- Siege of Bellegarde 1793, 19 km W
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1642 and 1794.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Collioure 23 December 1793
- After: Capture of Fort-Dauphin 28 January 1794
- All 38 engagements of War of the Pyrenees
Elsewhere in 1794
- Battle of Fleurus Belgium
- Battle of Racławice Poland
- Glorious First of June
- Battle of Praga Poland
- Battle of Fallen Timbers United States
Siege of Collioure is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20977942, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Collioure (1794), revision 1370740315, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.