Second Battle of Châtillon

Second Battle of Châtillon
Part of the War in the Vendée
Date11 October 1793
LocationMauléon, Deux-Sèvres, France
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Kingdom of France French Royalists France Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Louis de Lescure
Kingdom of France Charles Bonchamps
France Alexis Chalbos
France F.-J. Westermann
France François Muller
France René Lecomte 
Units involved
Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army France Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle
Strength
unknown 20,000

The Second Battle of Châtillon (11 October 1793) was fought between Royalist and Republican French forces at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre during the War in the Vendée. A 20,000-man Republican column commanded by Alexis Chalbos from the Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle was attacked and routed by Vendean Royalist forces led by Louis Marie de Lescure and Charles de Bonchamps. That night a few hundred Republicans under François Joseph Westermann raided the rebel encampment. Before the Vendeans killed or drove them off, the raiders inflicted severe losses on drunken rebel fighters and non-combatant women and children. The Vendeans withdrew toward Mortagne-sur-Sèvre the next day. Republican general René François Lecomte was mortally wounded in the battle, dying a few days later.

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Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.92361°N 0.74833°W / 46.92361; -0.74833

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