Second Battle of Cholet

Second Battle of Cholet
Part of the French Revolutionary War
Date 17 October, 1793 Location Maine-et-Loire, France Result French Republican victory
Belligerents
First French Republic	Vendéen Royalists
Commanders and leaders
General Léchelle	Gigot d’Elbée †
Strength
25,000	40,000
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed or wounded	ca 8,000 killed, wounded, or missing 12 cannons lost

The Battle of Cholet was fought on 17 October 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French Republican forces under General Léchelle and French Royalist Forces under Gigot d’Elbée. The battle was fought in the town of Cholet in the Maine-et-Loire department of France, and ended in a French Republican victory. Gigot d’Elbée was killed in the battle and Royalist insurgent Marquis de Bonchamps was fatally wounded.

References

• Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.