The Bidasoa (French: Bidassoa) is a river in the Basque country of northern Spain. Jump to: navigation, search The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. ...
It rises in Spain near Errazu in the province of Navarre and flows through much of its 66 km length through that territory. Its last 10 km form part of the border between France and Spain before flowing into the Bay of Biscay between Hendaye, France and Hondarribia, Spain. Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ... ESA photo, phytoplankton bloom along the Bay of Biscay Not to be confused with the North American Biscayne Bay. ... Categories: France geography stubs | Lapurdi | Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ... Hondarribia (sand river in Basque, formerly known by its Spanish adaptation FuenterrabÃa) is a town situated on the east shore of Bidasoa Rivers mouth, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. ...
At dawn on October 7th Wellington's army crossed the Bidassoa, the first of a series of rivers that had to be negotiated by Wellington's army before he could push on into the heart of France.
Once across the Bidassoa and having established his army in France Wellington's next objective was to clear away the French from their positions in front of the River Nivelle.
The summit of the Greater Rhune was occupied by French troops but, following the crossing of the Bidassoa and the subsequent clearing of the French from their positions along the Bayonet Ridge above Vera, they evacuated it, fearing an outflanking movement that would leave them cut off from their own forces.
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