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Battle of Thouars
Part of the War in the Vendée

Henri de La Rochejacquelein and the Marquis de Lescure leading troops on the pont de Vrine
Date5 May 1793
Location
Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Vendean Royalists France French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Marquis de Lescure
Kingdom of France Charles Bonchamps
Kingdom of France Henri de La Rochejaquelein
France Pierre Quétineau
Units involved
Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army France Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle
Strength
20,000 5,000
Casualties and losses
200 killed 600 killed, 3,000 captured

The Battle of Thouars (5 May 1793) was a battle between Royalist and Republican French forces during the War in the Vendée.[1] The Royalists or Vendeans led by Louis Marie de Lescure, Charles de Bonchamps, and Henri de La Rochejaquelein seized the town of Thouars and compelled its Republican defenders under Pierre Quétineau to surrender.

  1. ^ Esdaile, Charles J. (30 November 2016). Napoleon, France and Waterloo: The Eagle Rejected. Pen and Sword. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4738-7082-6.

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