Battle of Montaigu

Battle of Montaigu
Part of the War in the Vendée
View on Montaigu by Thomas Drake (1818-1895)
Date 21 September 1793 Location Montaigu, Vendée Result Vendean victory
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

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[edit]

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[edit]

• Yves Gras, La Guerre de Vendée, éditions Economica, 1994, p. 75.

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