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In March 1793 the Convention's call-up of 300,000 men set off an uprising in western France. Peasants and nobles formed the Catholic and Royal Army against the republican armies. The repression was very harsh. The region only calmed down around 1796.
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1793
On 26 October 1793, the Republicans set out from Château-Gontier to attack the Vendéens, who had taken Laval four days earlier. Kléber had wanted to rest his troops for a day or two, but Westermann had persuaded the commander-in-chief Léchelle to attack at once.
Photo: Alexandre Bloch (Public domain)
1793
Charette's Vendéens took the island of Noirmoutier in October 1793. They crossed by the Gois causeway, and Paris feared they would receive British help there.
Photo: Unidentified painter (Public domain)
1794
Three columns of Vendeans marched on Cholet on 8 February 1794. Their artillery had almost no powder.
Photo: Jules Benoit-Lévy (Public domain)
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