Mondarrain
View of the Mondarrain from the village of Espelette
Mount Mondarrain (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃daʁɛ̃]; Arranomendi in Basque) is in the French Basque Country, south of Espelette and south-west of Itxassou in the province of Labourd , peaking at 749 metres (2,457 ft) altitude.
To prevent Marquess of Wellington's army invading France in 1813, Marshal Soult built a line of fortifications and entrenchments along the river Nivelle from the sea inland to fortified rocks on Mount Mondarrain.[1] The lines were breached during the Battle of Nivelle 10 November 1813.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Napier 1879, p. 370.
- ^ Robinson 1911, p. 96.
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- Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1879). English battles and sieges in the Peninsula. London: J. Murray. p. 370.
- Robinson, Charles Walker (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–98.
Coordinates: 43°18′10″N 1°25′56″W / 43.30278°N 1.43222°W
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