. "Castell\u00F3 d'Emp\u00FAries, near Girona, Spain"@en . . . "Battle of Castell\u00F3n"@en . . "Battle of Castell\u00F3n"@en . "1809-01-01"^^ . . . . "The Battle of Castell\u00F3n was an ambush delivered against a French Imperial detachment under General Reille near Girona. Having crept his force up along the right bank of the Fluvi\u00E0 and set up headquarters at La Armentera, a village near the river's mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, General Laz\u00E1n prepared a coup de main against the French battalion installed atop Castell\u00F3 d'Emp\u00FAries. Since bad roads precluded a night attack, Laz\u00E1n moved in the early morning, brusquely forcing the French off the ridge. While Reille's troops effected a disciplined fighting withdrawal toward Rosas, the Chasseurs de Clar\u00F3s, acting as the vanguard for General Castro's division, circled across their path of retreat and set up a position in a grove next to the main road, preparing to block the French passage. Caught in the pincers, the French were cut down. Only 80 escaped unwounded and 90 surrendered."@en . "the Peninsular War"@en . . "Spain"@en . "90"^^ . . . . "French Empire"@en . . "300"^^ . . "Spanish victory"@en . . "The Battle of Castell\u00F3n was an ambush delivered against a French Imperial detachment under General Reille near Girona. Having crept his force up along the right bank of the Fluvi\u00E0 and set up headquarters at La Armentera, a village near the river's mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, General Laz\u00E1n prepared a coup de main against the French battalion installed atop Castell\u00F3 d'Emp\u00FAries. Since bad roads precluded a night attack, Laz\u00E1n moved in the early morning, brusquely forcing the French off the ridge. While Reille's troops effected a disciplined fighting withdrawal toward Rosas, the Chasseurs de Clar\u00F3s, acting as the vanguard for General Castro's division, circled across their path of retreat and set up a position in a grove next to the main road, preparing to block the French passage. Caught "@en . "500"^^ . . . . .