Second Battle of Châtillon
| Second Battle of Châtillon | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Royalists |
 Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Louis de Lescure Charles Bonchamps |
Alexis Chalbos F.-J. Westermann François Muller René Lecomte † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Catholic and Royal Army |
Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 20,000 | ||||||
The Second Battle of Châtillon (11 October 1793) was fought between Royalist and Republican French forces at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre during the War in the Vendée. A 20,000-man Republican column commanded by Alexis Chalbos from the Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle was attacked and routed by Vendean Royalist forces led by Louis Marie de Lescure and Charles de Bonchamps. That night a few hundred Republicans under François Joseph Westermann raided the rebel encampment. Before the Vendeans killed or drove them off, the raiders inflicted severe losses on drunken rebel fighters and non-combatant women and children. The Vendeans withdrew toward Mortagne-sur-Sèvre the next day. Republican general René François Lecomte was mortally wounded in the battle, dying a few days later.
References
- Johnson, Thomas George (1896). "Francois-Severin Marceau (1769–1796)". London: George Bell & Sons. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.92361°N 0.74833°W