Wars of the Vendée

War in the Vendée
Part of the War of the First Coalition
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
French Republic : Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle Army of the Coasts of Brest Army of Mainz Army of the West Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg Republican Vendeans Local National Guards	French royalists : Catholic and Royal Army Royalist Vendeans Chouans Émigrés Supported by:  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux Armand Louis de Gontaut Jean Antoine Rossignol François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers Jean-Baptiste Kléber François Joseph Westermann Jean Baptiste Carrier Louis Marie Turreau Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Lazare Hoche	Jacques Cathelineau † Louis d'Elbée  Charles de Bonchamps † Louis Marie de Lescure † Henri de la Rochejaquelein † Francois de Charette  Jean-Nicolas Stofflet  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

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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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