For the Carolingian battle see Battle of Fontenay (841)
| Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic | Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| General Chalbos | Marquis de Lescure | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 14,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4,000, 40 cannons lost |
1,000 | ||||||
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The Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte was fought on 25 May 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between forces of the French Republic under General Chalbos and Royalist forces under Marquis de Lescure. The battle was fought near the town of Fontenay-le-Comte in Vendée, France, and ended in a Royalist victory.
The battle is sometimes known as the Second Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte, with the First Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte being the town's resistance to Vendéen troops eight days earlier, which had ended in a Republican victory.