An Umayyad patrol was sent to search for Pelagius and his men, and it was ambushed at the Battle of Covadonga at great loss of life according to heavily mythical Christian sources, a skirmish according to later Muslim chroniclers, who showed little concern for the episode; The Mozarabic Chronicle of 754, a Christian and only almost contemporary account of the major events taking place in Hispania doesn't mention it. In retrospect, these events are viewed by some as the beginning of the Reconquista, an effort by Christian kingdoms to wrest control of Hispania from the Muslims.
An Umayyad patrol was sent to locate Pelagius and his men at the Battle of Covadonga; they encountered an ambush with heavy losses. According to heavily mythological Christian sources, this is described as a minor skirmish by later Muslim chroniclers who were uninterested in the event. The Mozarabic Chronicle of 754, a nearly contemporaneous Christian account of major Hispanian events, does not reference it. Historically, these occurrences are seen as marking the start of the Reconquista—a campaign by Christian kingdoms to regain control of Hispania from Muslim rule.