The Battle of Montaigu was a battle on 21 September 1793 during the

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 Loir ...

, in which the Vendéens attacked general

Jean-Michel Beysser Jean-Michel Beysser (4 November 1753, in Ribeauvillé – 13 April 1794, in Paris) was a French general. Life Before 1789 He began his military career as a dragoon in the régiment de Lorraine from 1769 to 1778. He was later part of the armée ...

's French Republican division. Taken by surprise, this division fought back but lost 400 men, including many captured. Some of these prisoners were summarily executed by the Vendeens and their bodies later found in the castle wells by troops under

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. Following this battle Beysser was recalled to Paris, compromised by his

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past and condemned to death with the Hébertists on 13 April 1794.

Sources

*Yves Gras, ''La Guerre de Vendée'', éditions Economica, 1994, p. 75. {{DEFAULTSORT:Battle of Montaigu Montaigu Montaigu History of Vendée Montaigu