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Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte 

Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte
Part of the War in the Vendée
Date 25 May 1793
Location Vendée, France
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
French Republic Royalists
Commanders
General Chalbos Marquis de Lescure
Strength
14,000 35,000
Casualties and losses
4,000,
40 cannons lost
1,000

The Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte was fought on 25 May 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between forces of the French Republic under General Chalbos and Royalist forces under Marquis de Lescure. The battle was fought near the town of Fontenay-le-Comte in Vendée, France, and ended in a Royalist victory.

Prelude

The battle is sometimes known as the Second Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte, with the First Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte being the town's resistance to Vendéen troops eight days earlier, which had ended in a Republican victory.

See also

References

  • Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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