1793 ⟶ Convention Orders Scorched Earth Policy Against Rebel Departments
August 1: The Convention declares a scorched earth policy ag...
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🔥 Convention Orders Scorched Earth Policy Against Rebel Departments
August 1: The Convention declares a scorched earth policy against all departments rebelling against its authority.⟶
French RevolutionVendéeRebellionScorched EarthMilitary StrategyCivil WarConventionRepressionCounter-RevolutionWarfare
⚔️ Vendée Uprising Begins: Royalist and Catholic Rebellion
March 7: War in the Vendée. Armed uprising against the rule of the convention, particularly against conscription into the army, begins in the Vendée region of west-central France.⟶
VendéeFrench RevolutionCivil WarCounter-RevolutionRoyalistsCatholicismConscriptionRebellionWar
🔪 Death Penalty Decree for Vendée Uprising Participants
March 19: The Convention decrees the death penalty for any participant in the uprising in the Vendée.⟶
VendéeFrench RevolutionRebellionCounter-RevolutionDeath PenaltyTerrorRepressionCivil WarViolenceAtrocities
⚔️ Stofflet's Vendéan Rebellion Resumes
January 26: The royalist and rebel leader Nicolas Stofflet tries to restart the War in the Vendée.⟶
VendéeCounter-RevolutionRoyalistRebellionStoffletWarfareFrench RevolutionCivil War