Battle of Cholet

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Battle of Cholet
Part of the War in the Vendée
Date 17 October 1793
Location Maine-et-Loire, France
Result French Republican victory
Belligerents
First French Republic Vendéen Royalists
Commanders
General Léchelle Gigot d’Elbée
Strength
25,000 40,000
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed or wounded ca 8,000 killed, wounded, or missing

12 cannons lost
v • d • e
French Revolutionary Wars

War in the Vendée
Thouars - Fontenay-le-Comte – Saumur - Nantes – Luçon – Tiffauges - Cholet – Galerne - Entrames - Fougères – Granville – Dol - Angers - Le Mans – Savenay

The Battle of Cholet was fought on 17 October 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French Republican forces under General Léchelle and French Royalist Forces under Gigot d’Elbée. The battle was fought in the town of Cholet in the Maine-et-Loire department of France, and ended in a French Republican victory. Gigot d’Elbée was wounded and captured, he was executed by Republican troops in Noirmoutier. Royalist insurgent Marquis de Bonchamps was fatally wounded.

[edit] References

  • Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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