Battle of Montaigu
| Battle of Montaigu | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
 View on Montaigu by Thomas Drake (1818-1895) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Royalists |  Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Louis de Lescure François de Charette Jean-Baptiste Joly Jean Savin | Jean-Michel Beysser Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Catholic and Royal Army | Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ? | 400 to 2,000 men 14 cannons | ||||||
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French Revolutionary Wars – War in the Vendée
- 1st Machecoul
- Jallais
- 1st Cholet
- Pont-Charrault
- 1st Pornic
- 1st Sables-d'Olonne
- 2nd Pornic
- 2nd Sables-d'Olonne
- 1st Coron
- Chemillé
- Aubiers
- Challans
- Saint-Gervais
- Vezins
- 1st Port-Saint-Pierre
- 2nd Machecoul
- 1st Beaupréau
- 1st Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
- 1st Legé
- Thouars
- 1st Saint-Colombin
- 2nd Port-Saint-Père
- 1st La Châtaigneraie
- Palluau
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- 3rd Machecoul
- Doué
- Montreuil-Bellay
- Saumur
- 1st Luçon
- Nantes
- Parthenay
- 1st Moulin-aux-Chèvres
- 1st Châtillon
- Martigné-Briand
- Vihiers
- Ponts-de-Cé
- 2nd Luçon
- Château d'Aux
- 3rd Luçon
- La Roche-sur-Yon
- Vertou
- Chantonnay
- Vrines
- 1st Montaigu
- Tiffauges
- Coron
- Pont-Barré
- 2nd Montaigu
- Saint-Fulgent
- Pallet
- 1st Noirmoutier
- Treize-Septiers
- 2nd Moulin-aux-Chèvres
- 2nd Châtillon
- 2nd Noirmoutier
- La Tremblaye
- 2nd Cholet
The Battle of Montaigu was a battle on 21 September 1793 during the War in the Vendée, in which the Vendéens were victorious.
The Battle
The Vendéens attacked general Jean-Michel Beysser'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 Jean-Baptiste Kléber.[citation needed]
Following this battle Beysser was recalled to Paris, compromised by his Girondin past, condemned to death with the Hébertists , and guillotined on 13 April 1794.[citation needed]
Sources
- Yves Gras, La Guerre de Vendée, éditions Economica, 1994, p. 75.
46°58′25″N 1°18′31″W / 46.9736°N 1.3086°W / 46.9736; -1.3086
