Battle of Luçon explained

Conflict:Battle of Luçon
Partof:the War in the Vendée
Date:14 August 1793
Place:Vendée, France
Result:French Republican victory
Combatant1:French Republic
Commander1:Augustin Tuncq
Commander2:Maurice d'Elbée
Strength1:10,000
Strength2:35,000,
17 cannons
Casualties1:ca 500 killed or wounded
Casualties2:ca 5,000 killed, wounded or missing
17 cannons lost[1]

The final Battle of Luçon was fought on 14 August 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between forces of the French Republic under Augustin Tuncq and Royalist forces under Maurice d'Elbée. The engagement on 14 August, fought near the town of Luçon in Vendée, France, was actually the conclusion of three engagements between the Vendean insurgents and the Republican French. On 15 July, Claude Sandoz and a garrison of 800 had repulsed 5,000 insurgents led by d'Elbee; on 28 July, Augustin Tuncq drove off a second attempt; two weeks later, Tunq and his 5,000 men routed 30,000 insurgents under the personal command of Francois-Athanese Charette.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998, p. 51.
  2. Tony Jacques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 604.