Wars of the Vendée
FEBRUARY 1793 - MARCH 1796

The Wars of the Vendée were part of the French Revolutionary Wars.

In fact, the Wars of the Vendee were an attempted counterrevolution. The people of the area had been content with their upper class as well as with their religion.

The uprising of the Wars of the Vendee failed. The Republicans won.

HEADS OF THE WARS OF THE VENDEE
Peasants and aristocrats fought together against the Republicans. Their army of over 50,000 troops was called the Catholic and Royal Army.

Peasant leaders were
Jacques Cathelineau,
Gaston Bourdic, and
Jean-Nicolas Stofflet, who got himself executed in the process.

Leaders from among the Vendee nobility were
Charles Bonchamps, who was the Marquis de Bonchamps, Maurice Gigost d'Elbée,
François-Athanase Charette de La Contrie, who also was executed by the Republicans, and
Henri du Vergier, who was the Count de La Rochejaquelein.

The Republicans were led by General Louis-Marie Turreau de Garambouville. Until May 1794, that is. After that, General Louis-Lazare Hoche took the lead.

BATTLES OF THE WARS OF THE VENDEE
Battle of Le Mans
December 12, 1793 - Victory for the Republicans.

Battle of Savenay
December 23, 1793 - Victory for the Republicans.

Battle of Quiberon Bay
June 27, 1795  - Victory for the Republicans.
 

And here is the map

Vendee and Brittany
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