Orthez

Orthez, a town in the French department of Basses-Pyrénées, on the right bank of the Gave de Pau, 41 miles by rail E. of Bayonne. The 'Tour de Moucade' (1240), the stately castle of the counts of Foix (q.v.), which Froissart visited in 1388, was reduced to a ruin by Richelieu. Near Orthez Wellington gained a decisive victory over Soult, 27th February 1814. Pop. 4757.