Virée de Galerne campaign

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The Virée de Galerne campaign was a disastrous 1793–1794 retreat of the Vendéen Catholic and Royal Army across northwestern France during the War in the Vendée, marked by brutal fighting, mass civilian involvement, and eventual annihilation of the royalist forces.

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instanceOf military campaign
retreat
alsoKnownAs Virée de Galerne NERFINISHED
belligerent Catholic and Royal Army NERFINISHED
French First Republic NERFINISHED
characteristic brutal fighting
high mortality among noncombatants
mass participation of civilians
chronologicalOrder followed the Battle of Cholet
conflict War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
country France
describedAs disastrous for the royalist cause
endCause defeat at the Battle of Savenay
endTime 1794
hasCause defeat of the Vendéen army at Cholet
royalist attempt to reach a seaport and obtain British support
hasEffect collapse of organized Vendéen resistance north of the Loire
devastation of towns and countryside along the route
large-scale displacement of Vendéen population
severe reprisals by Republican forces in the Vendée region
historicalPeriod French Revolution NERFINISHED
involves attempted march toward Granville
crossing of the Loire River
languageOfName French
location Anjou NERFINISHED
Brittany NERFINISHED
Maine NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
northwestern France
movementType strategic retreat
namedAfter Galern coast of Brittany
notableEvent Battle of Entrammes NERFINISHED
Battle of Le Mans NERFINISHED
Battle of Savenay NERFINISHED
siege of Granville (1793) NERFINISHED
opponent Republican forces
participant Republican Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg NERFINISHED
Republican Army of the West NERFINISHED
Vendéen royalist insurgents
partOf French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
counter-revolutionary movements in the French Revolution
result annihilation of the main Vendéen royalist forces
decisive Republican victory
startTime 1793
temporalContext Reign of Terror NERFINISHED

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Catholic and Royal Army notableBattle Virée de Galerne campaign