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Battle of Savenay
Part of the War in the Vendée (Virée de Galerne)
Vendéen Cross at Savenay
Date
23 December 1793
Location
Savenay (Loire-Inférieure)
Result
Republican victory
Belligerents
Republicans
Vendéens Chouans
Commanders and leaders
François Marceau Jean Kléber Simon Canuel Jacques Tilly F.-J. Westermann Michel de Beaupuy Pierre Verger François Muller Marc Scherb Pierre Prieur Pierre Bourbotte Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jacques Fleuriot Bernard de Marigny Lyrot † Georges Cadoudal
Strength
18,000 soldiers
6,000 soldiers, 7 guns 4,000–6,000 non-combatants
Casualties and losses
30 dead, 200 wounded
4,000–6,000 dead 2,000–4,000 captured Most prisoners executed
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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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Vendéens