Battle of Luçon
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| Battle of Luçon | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| French Republic | Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| General Tuncq | Gigot d’Elbée | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 35,000 17 cannons |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| ca 500 killed or wounded | ca 5,000 killed, wounded or missing 17 cannons lost |
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| 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 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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