Battle of Le Mans (1793)
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The Battle of Le Mans (1793) was a major engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution, in which Republican forces crushed the retreating Vendéan army in a decisive and bloody defeat.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Le Mans (1793) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the War in the Vendée ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bataille du Mans (1793) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French Republic
NERFINISHED
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Vendéan Royalist forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualtiesDescription | very high Vendéan losses including many non-combatants ⓘ |
| cause | Republican pursuit of retreating Vendéan army ⓘ |
| characteristic |
Republican reprisals
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heavy civilian casualties ⓘ massacre of Vendéan wounded and civilians ⓘ |
| combatantType | revolutionary government forces vs royalist Catholic insurgents ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles de Bonchamps (in earlier Vendéan campaigns)
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François-Joseph Westermann NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Léchelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Nicolas Stofflet NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Marie Turreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquis de Lescure (Vendéan side, leadership legacy though wounded earlier) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War in the Vendée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 12 December 1793 – 13 December 1793 ⓘ |
| describedAs | decisive and bloody defeat of the Vendéan army ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Savenay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
France
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Le Mans NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarthe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | western France ⓘ |
| opponentIdeology | royalist and Catholic insurgency ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
NERFINISHED
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Virée de Galerne campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Laval (1793)
NERFINISHED
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Virée de Galerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | War in the Vendée atrocities ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Loire River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| republicanIdeology | revolutionary republicanism ⓘ |
| result | decisive Republican victory ⓘ |
| side |
Republicans
NERFINISHED
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Vendéans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
marked near-destruction of main Vendéan field army
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turning point in suppression of the War in the Vendée ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome | collapse of Vendéan offensive north of the Loire ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | Republicans routed Vendéan forces inside and around the city ⓘ |
| year | 1793 ⓘ |
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