1793 ⟶ Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions

December 23: The Army of General François Joseph Westermann ...
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⚔️ Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions

December 23: The Army of General François Joseph Westermann destroys the last the Vendéen army at Savenay. Six thousand prisoners are executed.⟶
Vendéen Army Defeated at Savenay, Mass Executions (1793)
French RevolutionVendéeCounter-revolutionMilitary DefeatCivil WarMassacreWestermannSavenayRepublic

⚔️ Vendéen Rebels Capture Bressuire

May 3: The rebels of the Vendée, led by the aristocrats Charles de Bonchamps and Henri de La Rochejaquelein, capture Bressuire.⟶
Vendéen Rebels Capture Bressuire (1793)
VendéeRebellionCivil WarFrench RevolutionMilitary ActionCounter-RevolutionRoyalistBressuire

⚔️ Republican Victory at Cholet Against Vendéen Rebels

October 17: The Army of the Convention under Generals Jean-Baptiste Kléber and François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers defeats the Vendéen rebels at Cholet.⟶
Republican Victory at Cholet Against Vendéen Rebels (1793)
French RevolutionVendéeCivil WarMilitary VictoryRepublican ArmyKléberMarceauCounter-RevolutionMilitary Campaign

⚔️ Vendéen Army Crushed at Le Mans

December 12: Defeat of the rebel Vendéen army at Le Mans.⟶
Vendéen Army Crushed at Le Mans (1793)
French RevolutionVendéeCivil WarWarfareMilitary DefeatRepublican ArmyCounter-RevolutionWestern FranceBattles

⚔️ Royalist Army Surrenders at Quiberon, Émigrés Executed

July 21: The royalist army in Quiberon surrenders. 748 émigrés are executed by firing squad.⟶
French RevolutionVendéeCounter-RevolutionEmigresRoyalistsQuiberonMilitary DefeatExecutionsCivil WarTerror

⚔️ Charette's Execution Ends Vendée Rebellion

March 23: François de Charette, last leader of the royalist rebellion in Vendée, is captured and executed by firing squad in Nantes.⟶
Charette's Execution Ends Vendée Rebellion (1796)
French RevolutionVendéeRoyalist RebellionCharetteCounter-RevolutionCivil WarMilitaryExecutionNantes