Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Roncesvalles (Peninsular War).

One of the actions known as the "Battles of the Pyrenees," fought July 25, 1813. Soult, at the head of Clauset's division, attacked the British, consisting of three brigades, under General Byng, but was unable to carry their position, and after severe fighting was repulsed with a loss of 400. The British lost 181 killed and wounded.