Battle of Montaigu

French Revolutionary Wars – War in the Vendée

First Machecoul
Jallais
First Cholet
First Pornic
First Sables-d'Olonne
Second Pornic
Second Sables-d'Olonne
Aubiers
Challans
Saint-Gervais
Vezins
Port-Saint-Pierre
Second Machecoul
Thouars
Fontenay-le-Comte
Saumur
Nantes
1st Châtillon
Vihiers
Luçon
Chantonnay
Coron
Tiffauges
Pont-Barré
Montaigu
Saint-Fulgent
Treize-Septiers
2nd Châtillon
1st Noirmoutier
La Tremblaye
Cholet

The Battle of Montaigu was a battle on 21 September 1793 during the War in the Vendée, in which the Vendéens attacked general Jean-Michel Beysser's French Republican division. Taken by surprise, this division fought back but lost 400 men, including many captured. Some of these prisoners were summarily executed by the Vendeens and their bodies later found in the castle wells by troops under Jean-Baptiste Kléber. Following this battle Beysser was recalled to Paris, compromised by his Girondin past and condemned to death with the Hébertists on 13 April 1794.

Sources

Yves Gras, La Guerre de Vendée, éditions Economica, 1994, p.75.

Coordinates: 46°58′25″N 1°18′31″W / 46.9736°N 1.3086°W / 46.9736; -1.3086

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