Second Battle of Cholet
Appearance
Second Battle of Cholet | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
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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 |
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.