The Second Battle of Châtillon (11 October 1793) was fought between Royalist and Republican French forces at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre during the

War in the Vendée The War in the Vendée () was a counter-revolutionary insurrection that took place in the Vendée region of French First Republic, France from 1793 to 1796, during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located immediately so ...

. A 20,000-man Republican column commanded by Alexis Chalbos from the ''

Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle The Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle () was an army of the French Revolution which was created on 30 April 1793 and responsible for defending a region from the mouth of the Loire River south to the Gironde. Despite its relatively short existence ...

'' was attacked and routed by Vendean Royalist forces led by

Louis Marie de Lescure Louis Marie de Salgues, marquis de Lescure (13 October 1766 – 4 November 1793) was a French soldier and opponent of the French Revolution, the cousin of Henri de la Rochejaquelein. Biography Early life He was born in Versailles and educate ...

and

Charles de Bonchamps Charles-Melchior Artus de Bonchamps, Marquis de Bonchamps (; 10 May 1760 – 18 October 1793) was a French politician and leader of the Vendéan insurrection of Royalists against the Republic during the French Revolution. Born at Juvardeil, ...

. That night a few hundred Republicans under François Joseph Westermann raided the rebel encampment. Before the Vendeans killed or drove them off, the raiders inflicted severe losses on drunken rebel fighters and non-combatant women and children. The Vendeans withdrew toward

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre Mortagne-sur-Sèvre (, literally ''Mortagne on Sèvre'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the consolidation Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Évrunes and Saint-Hilaire-de-Mor ...

the next day. Republican general

René François Lecomte René François Lecomte (; born 14 May 1764 in Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée), died on 15 October 1793 in Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres)), was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars, and, in particular, the War in the Vendée. Military service Lecom ...

was mortally wounded in the battle, dying a few days later.

References

* Battles involving France Conflicts in 1793 Battles of the War in the Vendée Military history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine History of Deux-Sèvres 1793 in France {{France-battle-stub