Battle of Lleida
Part of the Reapers' War and the
Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)

The battle of Lleida by Hippolyte Lecomte
Date7 October 1642
Location
Lleida, Principality of Catalonia
41°37′0″N 0°38′0″E / 41.61667°N 0.63333°E / 41.61667; 0.63333
Result Franco-Catalan victory
Belligerents
 France
 Catalonia		  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt
Comte de Roches-Baritault  † [1]		 Marquis de Leganés
Strength
12,000[2]-13,000[3] 22,000[4]-25,000[2]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed[2] 2,000 killed[3][2]

The Battle of Lleida took place on 7 October 1642, during the Catalan Revolt, part of the wider Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659). A combined Franco-Catalan army under Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt defeated a larger Spanish force led by Marquis de Leganés, sent to capture the town of Lleida.

Background

In the summer of 1642, an army commanded by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, French military commander in Catalonia, marched into Aragon. In order to divert him, Leganés assembled troops from Tarragona and Zaragoza to retake the important city of Lleida, then held by a French garrison.[5]

La Mothe positioned his smaller army in the Llano de las Forques and defeated the Spanish army. After the victory, the French Army besieged Tortosa, but was forced to withdraw.

References

Sources

  • Beauchet-Filleau, Henri (1846). Dictionnaire historique et généalogique des familles de l'ancien Poitou (in French). Saurin.
  • De Périni, Hardÿ (1898). Batailles françaises, 1621 to 1643 Volume III (in French). Ernest Flammarion.
  • Mitchell, Andrew Joseph (2005). Religion, revolt, and creation of regional identity in Catalonia, 1640-1643 (PHD). Ohio State University.
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