| Battle of Vihiers | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
 Women pray as Republican general Antoine Santerre jumps his horse over a wall to flee. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Royalists |
 Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dominique Piron |
Jacques La Barolière Jacques Menou Louis Berthier Louis-Nicolas Davout | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Catholic and Royal Army |
Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 men | 14,000 men, 30 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,000 | 5,000, 25 guns | ||||||
The Battle of Vihiers (18 July 1793) was a battle between Royalist and Republican French forces at Vihiers during the War in the Vendée. After the Republican division under Jacques-Marie Pilote La Barolière advanced into the heart of the revolt area, it was attacked by the Vendeans under Dominique Piron de La Vienne and routed. The advance guard under Jacques-François Menou held its ground for a long time, but many Republican units from the main body quickly took to their heels. The Republican cavalry under Louis-Nicolas Davout covered the disorderly retreat. The Royalists suffered about 1,000 killed and wounded but inflicted 2,000 killed and wounded on their enemies as well as capturing 3,000 soldiers and 25 artillery pieces.
References
- Johnson, Thomas George (1896). Francois-Severin Marceau (1769–1796). London: George Bell & Sons. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- Phipps, Ramsay Weston (2011). The Armies of the First French Republic: Volume III The Armies in the West 1793 to 1797 And, The Armies In The South 1793 to March 1796. Vol. 3. USA: Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908692-26-9.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
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