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Wars of the Vendée

War in the Vendée
Part of the War of the First Coalition
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Henri de La Rochejacquelein at the Battle of Cholet in 1793 by Paul-Émile Boutigny, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Cholet, Cholet, France
Date March – December 1793
Location Western France : Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (or former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, Brittany)
Result French Republican victory
Belligerents

France French Republic :

Kingdom of France French royalists :

Supported by:

 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
France Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux
France Armand Louis de Gontaut
France Jean Antoine Rossignol
France François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
France Jean-Baptiste Kléber
France François Joseph Westermann
France Jean Baptiste Carrier
France Louis Marie Turreau
France Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
France Lazare Hoche
Kingdom of France Jacques Cathelineau 
Kingdom of France Louis d'Elbée Executed
Kingdom of France Charles de Bonchamps 
Kingdom of France Louis Marie de Lescure 
Kingdom of France Henri de la Rochejaquelein 
Kingdom of France Francois de Charette Executed
Kingdom of France Jean-Nicolas Stofflet Executed
Kingdom of France Charles Aimé de Royrand 
Strength
130,000 – 150,000 80,000
Casualties and losses
~ 30,000 military killed ~ 130,000 military and civilians killed
Inhabitants of the Vendee: ~ 170,000 military and civilians killed (75 – 80% ; royalists and 20 – 25% republicans)

170,000 – 200,000 dead in total

France French Republic :

Kingdom of France French royalists :

Supported by:

The War in the Vendée (1793; French: Guerre de Vendée) was an uprising in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located immediately south of the Loire River in western France. Initially, the war was similar to the 14th-century Jacquerie peasant uprising, but quickly acquired themes considered by the government in Paris to be counter-revolutionary, and Royalist. The uprising headed by the self-styled Catholic and Royal Army was comparable to the Chouannerie, which took place in the area north of the Loire.

The departments included in the uprising, called the Vendée Militaire, included the area between the Loire and the Layon rivers: Vendée (Marais, Bocage Vendéen, Collines Vendéennes), part of Maine-et-Loire west of the Layon, and the portion of Deux Sèvres west of the River Thouet. Having secured their pays, the deficiencies of the Vendean army became more apparent. Lacking a unified strategy (or army) and fighting a defensive campaign, from April onwards the army lost cohesion and its special advantages. Successes continued for some time: Thouars was taken in early May and Saumur in June; there were victories at Châtillon and Vihiers. After this string of victories, the Vendeans turned to a protracted siege of Nantes, for which they were unprepared and which stalled their momentum, giving the government in Paris sufficient time to send more troops and experienced generals.


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