Roncesvalles, Battle of

Roncesvalles, Battle of
or Battle of Roncevaux

(August 15, 778) Basque attack on Charlemagne's army at a pass in the Pyrenees in northern Spain.

It occurred when Charlemagne was returning to Aquitaine after a campaign against the Muslims in Spain, and his rear guard was ambushed and massacred by Basque soldiers. The battle is treated in the 11th-century Chanson de Roland, in which the attackers are Moors and the rear guard is led by Charlemagne's nephew Roland.

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