Battle of Orthez (1569)

Orthez (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɛs]; Basque: Ortheze; Occitan: Ortès, pronounced [urˈtɛs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the small village of Sainte-Suzanne, an independent commune until 1973; residents of the town are called either Orthéziens or Sainte-Suzannais.

The Château Moncade is a ruined castle in the commune of Orthez in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France.

The gare d'Orthez is a railway station in Orthez, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Toulouse - Bayonne railway line. The station is served by TGV (high speed trains), Intercités de Nuit (night trains), Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF.

La Moutète was an indoor sporting arena located in Orthez, France, home of Elan Bearnais Orthez French basketball team from 1931 to 1991. It was actually an indoor market place for Orthez inhabitants especially used to sell living poultries. The place was transformed into a basketball field for the home games, seats being built and unbuilt before and after every game. As Elan Béarnais Orthez became a successful organisation, La Moutète became outdated for an elite team. The Elan Bearnais Orthez then moved to Pau the prefecture of Pyrénées-Atlantiques departement, in the modern arena of Palais des Sports de Pau and been renamed Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. Nowadays La Moutète is a place for concerts, shows and expositions, also hosting a merchant gallery and a pub named after the former resident club.

The canton of Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel (before 2015: canton of Orthez) is a canton of France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Its chief town is Orthez.

The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attack an Imperial French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France. The outnumbered French repelled several Allied assaults on their right flank, but their center and left flank were overcome and Soult was compelled to retreat. At first the withdrawal was conducted in good order, but it eventually ended in a scramble for safety and many French soldiers became prisoners. The engagement occurred near the end of the Peninsular War. In mid-February, Wellington's army broke out of its small area of conquered territory near Bayonne. Moving east, the Allies drove the French back from several river lines. After a pause in the campaign, the westernmost Allied corps surrounded and isolated Bayonne. Resuming their eastward drive, the remaining two Allied corps pushed Soult's army back to Orthez where the French marshal offered battle. In subsequent operations, Soult decided to abandon the large western port of Bordeaux and fall back east toward Toulouse. The next action was the Battle of Toulouse.

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