Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte
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| Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| French Republic | Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| General Chalbos | Marquis de Lescure | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 14,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 4,000, 40 cannons lost |
1,000 | ||||||
| War of the First Coalition |
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| Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Entrames – Toulon – Famars – Fontenay-le-Comte – Cholet – Luçon – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Truillas – Boulou – Tourcoing – Fleurus – Vosges – Tournay – Black Mountain – Lodi – Arcole – Genoa – Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Amberg – Rovereto – Bassano – Montenotte – Dego – Cape St Vincent – Santa Cruz – Rivoli – Camperdown |
| Revolts against the French Revolution |
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| Fontenay-le-Comte – Haiti – Luçon – Cholet – Entrames – Toulon – Lyon – Avignon – Nimes – Marseille – Nancy |
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.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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