For the siege during the War of the Breton Succession, see Siege of Nantes (1341).
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Battle of Nantes
Part of the War in the Vendée
Battle of Nantes
Date
29 June 1793
Location
Nantes, France
Result
Republican victory
Belligerents
French Republic
French Royalists
Commanders and leaders
René Baco Canclaux Beysser
Cathelineau † Charette Bonchamps D'Elbée Stofflet Lyrot de la Patouillère
Strength
12,000 men
50,000 men, 20 cannons
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French Revolutionary Wars – War in the Vendée
1st Machecoul
Jallais
1st Cholet
Pont-Charrault
1st Pornic
1st Sables-d'Olonne
2nd Pornic
2nd Sables-d'Olonne
1st Coron
Chemillé
Aubiers
Challans
Saint-Gervais
Vezins
1st Port-Saint-Pierre
2nd Machecoul
1st Beaupréau
1st Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
1st Legé
Thouars
1st Saint-Colombin
2nd Port-Saint-Père
1st La Châtaigneraie
Palluau
Fontenay-le-Comte
3rd Machecoul
Doué
Montreuil-Bellay
Saumur
1st Luçon
Nantes
Parthenay
1st Moulin-aux-Chèvres
1st Châtillon
Martigné-Briand
Vihiers
Ponts-de-Cé
2nd Luçon
Château d'Aux
3rd Luçon
La Roche-sur-Yon
Vertou
Chantonnay
Vrines
1st Montaigu
Tiffauges
Coron
Pont-Barré
2nd Montaigu
Saint-Fulgent
Pallet
1st Noirmoutier
Treize-Septiers
2nd Moulin-aux-Chèvres
2nd Châtillon
2nd Noirmoutier
La Tremblaye
2nd Cholet
Virée de Galerne
Laval
Croix-Bataille
Entrames
Ernée
Fougères
Granville
Pontorson
Avranches
Dol
Angers
La Flèche
Pontlieue
Le Mans
Savenay
2nd Noirmoutier
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e
War of the First Coalition (List)
Porrentruy
Quiévrain
Marquain
Tuileries
Verdun
Thionville
Valmy
Lille
Mainz
Jemappes
Sardinia
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Den Helder
Siegburg
Altenkirchen
Wetzlar
Kircheib
1st Kehl
Malsch
Neresheim
Amberg
Newfoundland
Würzburg
Limburg
2nd Kehl
Biberach
Ireland
Fishguard
Neuwied
Diersheim
Flanders campaign
Chouannerie
Mediterranean campaign
War in the Vendée
War of the Pyrenees
Italian campaigns
East Indies Theatre
Rhine campaign of 1793–94
Atlantic campaign
Rhine campaign of 1795
Rhine campaign of 1796
Anglo-Spanish War
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The siege of Nantes is perhaps the most important military event of our revolution. Perhaps the destinies of the Republic [herself] were tied to the resistance of this town.
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