Mondarrain

Mondarrain

Mondarrain

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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.

View of the Mondarrain from the village of Espelette

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]

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  1. [1]
    Napier 1879, p. 370.
  2. [2]
    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). "Peninsular War" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–98.

43°18′10″N 1°25′56″W

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