Battle of Luçon
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| Battle of Luçon | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic | Royalists | ||||||
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| General Tuncq | Gigot d’Elbée | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 35,000, 17 cannons |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ca 500 killed or wounded | ca 5,000 killed, wounded or missing 17 cannons lost |
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The Battle of Luçon was fought on 14 August 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between forces of the French Republic under General Tuncq and Royalist forces under Gigot d’Elbée. The battle was fought near the town of Luçon in Vendée, France, the Royalists were defeated by French Republican forces.
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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