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vengeful
Vendean peasants. If the Blues won the fight, the Vendeans vanished into the countryside, lulling their opponents into believing that the war was over. Republicans who prided themselves at having overthrown the monarchy were astonished to find that an entire section of the nation, with few nobles living there, in open Royalist rebellion. Exasperated at the Vendeans, the Republicans finally resorted to brutal means, even extermination, to put down the revolt.
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Vendean nobility provided leaders for insurgent fighters who fought in wooded terrain criss-crossed by narrow lanes that were bordered by thick hedges. The Vendean rebels knew every inch of the territory. If the Republican French troops or Blues were defeated they were pursued by a swarm of
808:. In March, 34 volunteer and two regular battalions plus two cavalry regiments were assigned to quell the revolt. More reinforcements were withheld due to defeats on the Belgian frontier. While the Republican forces were a motley collection of
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on 1 February. Meanwhile, the armies defending France's eastern borders declined in strength from 400,000 to 225,000 soldiers largely due to desertion. To meet the crisis, the
Convention decreed mass
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was united in a moral cause. The
Vendeans formed themselves into several loosely organized armies, the largest of which was the
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was triggered by opposition to conscription, annoyance at the high cost of food and fury at the
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dismissed the French ambassador on 24 January 1793. France thereupon declared war on
Britain and the
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and the residents of the large towns generally supported the
Republican cause.
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army on 1 May 1793. His army was responsible for the seacoast from
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7 May – 25 August 1794: Martial Vachot led the subordinate
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led the army in turn. In June–July 1795 the army crushed a
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812:, undisciplined volunteers, conscripts and regulars, the
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against a
British invasion. After successfully defending
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876:On 14 April 1793, La Bourdonnaye was replaced by
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1159:. Paris: Librarie Militaire R. Chapelot et Cie
894:on 30 April. Canclaux assumed command of the
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963:11 – 23 October 1794: Jean Rivaud (interim)
864:counted as many as 12,000 insurgents near
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844:and numbering as many as 50,000 men. The
759:. Its economic interests threatened, the
669:formed on 30 April 1793 by splitting the
986:Gabriel Marie Joseph, comte d'HĂ©douville
913:
852:could muster up to 20,000 rebels in the
806:Anne François Augustin de La Bourdonnaye
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1137:
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1113:
1098:
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743:and placed under the command of Hoche.
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1220:
1086:
1059:
1047:
1035:
1242:
972:10 November 1794 – 9 September 1795:
931:Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet
560:
129:
1205:Francois-Severin Marceau (1769–1796)
1275:Armées of the French First Republic
984:24 December 1795 – 8 January 1796:
13:
14:
1291:
978:10 September – 23 December 1795:
1208:. London: George Bell & Sons
36:
1202:Johnson, Thomas George (1896).
891:Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg
751:On 15 December 1792 the French
740:Army of the Coasts of the Ocean
678:Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg
966:24 October – 9 November 1794:
929:8 September – 5 October 1793:
925:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux
878:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux
685:and charged with fighting the
683:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux
96:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux
27:30 April 1793 – 5 January 1796
1:
1280:1793 establishments in France
1248:The Napoleonic Wars Data Book
1187:. New York, N.Y.: MJF Books.
1146:
943:6 October 1793 – 6 May 1794:
909:
746:
735:Royalist invasion at Quiberon
693:and protecting the coasts of
951:Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
719:Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
104:Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
7:
886:Army of the Coasts of Brest
713:. Over the next few years,
19:Army of the Coasts of Brest
10:
1296:
871:
842:Henri de la Rochejaquelein
701:and suffering setbacks at
261:1st Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
1153:Clerget, Charles (1905).
949:7 May – 10 October 1794:
667:French Revolutionary Army
601:
593:French Revolutionary Wars
171:
159:French Revolutionary Wars
89:
84:
79:Invasion of France (1795)
64:
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23:
18:
1019:Durant & Durant 1975
1007:Durant & Durant 1975
991:
957:Army against the Chouans
923:1 May – 5 October 1793:
846:Army of the Lower Vendée
818:Army of the Upper Vendée
779:on 21 January 1793. The
663:Armée des côtes de Brest
862:Charles Aimé de Royrand
814:Catholic and Royal Army
675:into this army and the
968:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
945:Jean Antoine Rossignol
919:
830:Louis Marie de Lescure
723:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
715:Jean Antoine Rossignol
662:
652:Army of the Coasts of
441:2nd Moulin-aux-Chèvres
336:1st Moulin-aux-Chèvres
108:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
100:Jean Antoine Rossignol
1250:. London: Greenhill.
1222:Phipps, Ramsay Weston
917:
838:Jean-Nicolas Stofflet
804:under the command of
771:. Amid these events,
246:1st Port-Saint-Pierre
43:First French Republic
933:led the subordinate
902:to the mouth of the
850:François de Charette
826:Charles de Bonchamps
286:1st La Châtaigneraie
1183:The Age of Napoleon
980:Gabriel Venance Rey
884:was split into the
822:Jacques Cathelineau
753:National Convention
731:Gabriel Venance Rey
281:2nd Port-Saint-Père
211:2nd Sables-d'Olonne
201:1st Sables-d'Olonne
116:Gabriel Venance Rey
920:
882:Army of the Coasts
858:Army of the Center
848:under the capable
801:Army of the Coasts
672:Army of the Coasts
276:1st Saint-Colombin
1235:978-1-908692-26-9
1101:, pp. 76–77.
854:Breton marshlands
781:War in the Vendée
689:, combatting the
687:War in the Vendée
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296:Fontenay-le-Comte
164:War in the Vendée
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588:Royalist Revolts
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470:Virée de Galerne
376:La Roche-sur-Yon
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1161:. Retrieved
1155:
1138:Clerget 1905
1133:
1126:Clerget 1905
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1114:Clerget 1905
1099:Johnson 1896
1094:
1089:, p. 9.
1082:
1075:Clerget 1905
1062:, p. 7.
1055:
1050:, p. 6.
1043:
1038:, p. 8.
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974:Lazare Hoche
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881:
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866:Les Herbiers
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769:conscription
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727:Lazare Hoche
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605:
468:
456:La Tremblaye
416:2nd Montaigu
396:1st Montaigu
112:Lazare Hoche
1087:Phipps 2011
1060:Phipps 2011
1048:Phipps 2011
1036:Phipps 2011
789:Protestants
691:Chouannerie
614:Chouannerie
356:Ponts-de-CĂ©
76:(1793–1796)
74:Chouannerie
71:(1793–1796)
65:Engagements
1269:Categories
1147:References
910:Commanders
900:Saint-Malo
777:guillotine
747:Background
461:2nd Cholet
411:Pont-Barré
386:Chantonnay
206:2nd Pornic
196:1st Pornic
186:1st Cholet
92:commanders
85:Commanders
703:Tiffauges
531:Pontlieue
526:La Flèche
511:Avranches
506:Pontorson
501:Granville
401:Tiffauges
371:3rd Luçon
361:2nd Luçon
331:Parthenay
321:1st Luçon
216:1st Coron
1246:(1998).
1224:(2011).
1179:(1975).
888:and the
785:Catholic
707:Montaigu
695:Brittany
665:) was a
632:Quiberon
496:Fougères
486:Entrames
266:1st Legé
231:Challans
221:Chemillé
1212:25 June
1163:22 June
906:River.
872:History
757:Belgium
590:of the
541:Savenay
536:Le Mans
351:Vihiers
291:Palluau
271:Thouars
226:Aubiers
181:Jallais
90:Notable
32:Country
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860:under
820:under
787:laws.
699:Nantes
659:French
622:Toulon
607:Vendée
521:Angers
426:Pallet
391:Vrines
381:Vertou
326:Nantes
316:Saumur
241:Vezins
49:Branch
24:Active
992:Notes
904:Loire
896:Brest
654:Brest
491:Ernée
476:Laval
406:Coron
1252:ISBN
1230:ISBN
1214:2015
1189:ISBN
1165:2015
856:and
840:and
729:and
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650:The
627:Lyon
306:Doué
60:Army
57:Type
52:Army
516:Dol
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