Battle of Montaigu
Part of the War in the Vendée

View on Montaigu by Thomas Drake (1818-1895)
Date21 September 1793
Location
Result Vendean victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France French Royalists France Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Louis de Lescure
Kingdom of France François de Charette
Kingdom of France Jean-Baptiste Joly
Kingdom of France Jean Savin
France Jean-Michel Beysser
France Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac
Units involved
Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army France 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

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.

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.

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

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