War in the Vendée
March 3, 1793 – July 16, 1796
Result French Republican victory
Royalist and Catholic peasants in western France rose against the Revolutionary government after a mass conscription order. Republican forces crushed the revolt with great brutality, killing many civilians.
Battles and events 30
March 11, 1793
First Massacre of Machecoul
Machecoul
March 14, 1793
March 19, 1793
April 11, 1793
Battle of Chemillé (April 11, 1793)
Vendéen victory
Chemillé
Jacques-François Menou, Jacques Cathelineau
May 5, 1793
May 25, 1793
June 9, 1793
June 29, 1793
July 5, 1793
First Battle of Châtillon
Vendéen victory
Mauléon
Henri de la Rochejaquelein, François Joseph Westermann
August 14, 1793
September 5, 1793
September 18, 1793
September 19, 1793
September 20, 1793
September 21, 1793
September 22, 1793
October 11, 1793
October 12, 1793
October 15, 1793
Battle of La Tremblaye
French Republican victory
Cholet
Jean Baptiste Kléber, Michel de Beaupuy, François Séverin Marceau
October 17, 1793
Second Battle of Cholet
French Republican victory
Cholet
Jean Baptiste Kléber, Michel de Beaupuy, François Séverin Marceau
October 18 – December 23, 1793
Virée de Galerne
French Republican victory
Maine-et-Loire
Jean Baptiste Kléber, Michel de Beaupuy, François Séverin Marceau
October 26, 1793
Battle of Entrames
Royalist victory
Château-Gontier
Jean Baptiste Kléber, Michel de Beaupuy, Jean Léchelle
November 3, 1793
Battle of Fougères
Vendéen victory
Fougères
Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille
November 14–15, 1793
November 22, 1793
December 3–4, 1793
December 6, 1793
December 13, 1793
Battle of Le Mans (1793)
Republican victory
Le Mans
Jean Baptiste Kléber, François Séverin Marceau, Henri de la Rochejaquelein
December 23, 1793
Battle of Savenay
Republican victory
Savenay
Jean Baptiste Kléber, Michel de Beaupuy, François Séverin Marceau
January 2–3, 1794
