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 dispatched to locate Pelagius and his men, and it encountered ambush at the Battle of Covadonga with heavy casualties as recounted in heavily mythological Christian texts; described as a minor skirmish by later Muslim historians who were indifferent to the event. The Mozarabic Chronicle of 754, a Christian account almost contemporaneous with the major events in Hispania, does not reference it. Historically, these occurrences are seen by some as marking the start of the Reconquista, a campaign by Christian kingdoms to regain control of Hispania from Muslim rule.