Battle of Nantes

When

29 Jun 1793

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.22° N, 1.55° W

Description

1793 battle

1793 battle of the War in the Vendée

The Battle of Nantes was fought on 29 June 1793 during the War in the Vendée. In this engagement, French Republican forces successfully defended Nantes from a royalist attack led by Jacques Cathelineau, who was mortally wounded in the fighting. General Louis Marie Turreau wrote of it:The siege of Nantes is perhaps the most important military event of our revolution.

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• War in the Vendée3 Mar 1793 · Civil war