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First Battle Of Noirmoutier
The First Battle of Noirmoutier took place on 12 October 1793 as part of the war in the Vendée. The Catholic and Royal Army, Vendéens under François de Charette were victorious over the French Revolutionary Army, republican troops stationed there. Prelude François de Charette had long contemplated taking the Île de Noirmoutier. The island's population was mostly favourable to the Vendéens, and its situation off the Atlantic coast was of strategic importance to communicate with Great Britain, or even to receive English or émigrés reinforcements. During the night of 28 September, Charette had already tried attacking the island with 2,000 men, but his soldiers fled after the first shots fired. The battle After their victory at the battle of Saint-Fuldent on 22 September, François de Charette, Charette and Louis Marie de Lescure, Lescure had parted ways. Charette, general of the army of the Marais Breton, decided taking Noirmoutier was a priority. On 9 October, Charette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In The Vendée
The war in the Vendée (french: link=no, Guerre de Vendée) was a counter-revolution from 1793 to 1796 in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located immediately south of the river Loire in Western France. Initially, the revolt was similar to the 14th-century Jacquerie peasant uprising, but the Vendée quickly became counter-revolutionary and Royalist. The revolt headed by the newly-formed Catholic and Royal Army was comparable to the Chouannerie, which took place in the area north of the Loire. While elsewhere in France the revolts against the were repressed, an insurgent territory, called the by historians, formed south of the Loire-Inférieure (Brittany), south-west of Maine-et-Loire (Anjou), north of Vendée and north-west of Deux-Sèvres ( Poitou). Gradually referred to as the "Vendeans", the insurgents established in April a " Catholic and Royal Army" which won a succession of victories in the spring and summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
