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rear and was unable to send help. The Army of the West was routed and scattered in all directions. As the men fled, the hapless Léchelle called out, "What have I done that I should command such cowards?" A soldier shouted back, "What have we done that we should be commanded by such a shit?" At the next army inspection the soldiers yelled, "Down with Léchelle! Long live du Bayet! Long live Kléber!" In despair, Léchelle resigned his command, retired to Nantes and killed himself.
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people to launch ambushes and sudden attacks against the Republican French troops. If the Vendeans were driven off, they would quickly disappear to their homes using secret byways. To a casual observer they would appear to be peaceful farmers. Soon the rebels armed themselves with weapons and ammunition captured from the French Republican forces. Two groups that often supported the Republican government were residents of the larger towns and
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Canclaux, who was still sick. It was decided that the three armies must act together against the insurgents. Canclaux was sent to Paris with the plan while Grouchy temporarily filled his place. The French government appointed Hoche as commander-in-chief of the Army of the West. On 2 October 1795, the
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The Vendean rebellion, which showed signs of quieting down, flared up again thanks to Turreau's harsh measures. The soldiers of the infernal columns interpreted their orders so loosely that many pro-Republicans were slaughtered along with the rebels. On 13 May, the Committee of Public Safety ordered
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Kléber believed that he could end the rebellion, but Turreau brushed his ideas aside. Instead, Turreau embarked on a bloody program starting on 24 January 1794. With 80,000 soldiers, he ordered 12 "infernal columns" to sweep the Vendée, taking away all crops, burning farms and killing all suspected
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on 27 October, 31,000 Vendeans defeated 25,000 Republicans, inflicting 4,000 casualties. Against the advice of Kléber and Marceau, Léchelle insisted on keeping the army in a single column and attacking immediately. While Kléber, Marceau and Beaupuy were with the front line units, Léchelle stayed in
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and then try to advance into the heart of the Vendée. His efforts were foiled by strong Vendean resistance and because Rossignol failed to fully carry out his part of the plan. Suddenly on 7 October, Canclaux and du Bayet were summarily removed from command. Rossignol was transferred to command the
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believed Léchelle to be the perfect candidate to put down the Vendean rebellion, but he proved to be a worse general than Rossignol. Kléber later described Léchelle as, "the most cowardly of soldiers, the worst of officers, and the most ignorant leader ever seen. He did not understand maps, hardly
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Because Revolutionary France was ringed with enemies, very few regular battalions could be spared to fight in the War in the Vendée. At first, local battalions were used, but these men were frightened of the rebels. The French government scraped up more volunteers to send to the Vendée. The 35th
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refused to take the oath and most of the population resented sending their young men to war. By April 1793 the region was in full rebellion led by the country gentry. Since much of the area was covered by woods or hedges and traversed by narrow lanes, it proved to be ideal terrain for the local
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who said, "The women of La Vendée, it is from them that the race of enemies is reborn. The children, they are vipers to be crushed", and, "We will make a cemetery of France". Disgusted with Turreau's "diabolical plan", Marceau left for the Army of the Ardennes in January 1794 and Kléber got a
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In August 1795, the Army of the West numbered 27,000–28,000 men after being reinforced from the Army of the North. Grouchy was opposed by Charette with 8,000–12,000-foot and 900 horsemen. On 22 August, there was a conference at Nantes between two representatives, Hoche, du Bayet, Grouchy and
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ended in a French surrender. The Prussians carelessly paroled the garrison on the promise not to fight against the Coalition armies for one year. It was noted that the terms did not prevent the troops from being used to fight the Vendeans, so the parolees were hurried west. These 14,000
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In the crisis, the Army of the North was ordered to send 10,000 reinforcements to put down the rebellion; these arrived in December. Since the Army of the West was in the territory of the Army of the Coasts of Brest, Rossignol assumed command. However, the generals and the
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Turreau to be suspended and sent to command an obscure post. Turreau was replaced by Vimeux. The army counted 103,812 soldiers in April 1794, but only 50,000 were capable of taking the field. Of these, 3,000 men were sent to the
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knew how to sign his name, and did not once approach within cannon shot of the rebels; in a word, there was nothing comparable to his poltroonery and his inefficiency, except his arrogance, his brutality, and his obstinacy".
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By a decree of 2 October 1793, the Army of the West was created by combining the former Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle, the Army of Mayence and that part of the Army of the Coasts of Brest operating in the department of
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the government ordered each infantry company to send six men to the Vendée. The battalions formed from these men had poor cohesion. The worst soldiers were the 12 battalions of the Paris
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Legion of Gendarmes proved to be an effective unit. The German Legion, made up of German and Swiss deserters, fought capably but many promptly deserted to the Vendeans. From the
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to take over. Rossignol was supposed to have overall control of all the armies, but everyone seems to have ignored him. The Vendean army was crushed with terrible losses at the
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that Canclaux and du Bayet caused the recent defeats. The decision to transfer Rossignol also seemed to show that Ronsin and Bouchotte's confidence in that general was waning.
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the left flank and Kléber the reserve. At this point, the Vendean army crossed to the north bank of the Loire, hoping to capture a port and make contact with the British
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did not want the inept Rossignol to lead the troops, so they appointed Marceau the commander-in-chief with Kléber as his deputy. Since Marceau was only 24 years old,
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was renamed the Army of the West and the order went into effect on 17 January. The army's area of operations included the 12th, 13th and 22nd Military Divisions.
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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
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rebels. Not even women and children were spared from massacre. Turreau was encouraged in his horrible work by politicians such as
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when 12,000 rebels smashed a 14,000-man Republican force, inflicting losses of 5,000 men and taking 25 of its 30 guns.
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political views. The strategy adopted by the Republican armies was to attack the Vendée with converging columns.
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was interim commander from mid-November until 20 May 1802 when the Army of the West was suppressed.
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In October 1794, Dumas was replaced in command of the Army of the West by Canclaux, who took
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This article is about the French Army of the West in 1793. For the Confederate army, see
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became the commander from 3 May to 10 October when he was replaced by interim leader
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on 23 December. The new commander Turreau did not replace Marceau until 30 December.
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that he was only following orders and was acquitted. He commanded troops under the
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tried to suppress the rebellion with extremely brutal methods using the infamous
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was in temporary control of the eastern part of the army until 17 October. The
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and captured 46 guns. This was followed by another disaster on 18 July at the
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The two chief causes of the War in the Vendée were the attempt by the French
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was commander-in-chief until 16 April. Brune was provisionally replaced by
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After a period of confusion, three armies were formed on 1 May 1793. The
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in western France. The army was created on 2 October 1793 by merging the
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The month of September 1793 saw Canclaux repulse a Vendean attack on
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Tableaux des Armées Françaises pendant les Guerres de la Révolution
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remained in charge of the Army of Mayence until 8 October, while
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Soon there was a significant success. On 17 October 1793 at the
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guarded the region from Saint-Malo south to the mouth of the
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was responsible for the lands from the Loire south to the
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5 May – mid-November 1801 : Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
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on the priests. The great majority of the priests in the
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well-disciplined soldiers became the unofficially named
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brought about the change by persuading Minister of War
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Formation of the Army of the West (Armée de l'Ouest)
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The intriguer 1326:24 October 1794 – 6 September 1795 : 1320:7 September 1794 – 23 October 1794 : 1216:by Royalists landed by the British fleet. 1144:and, astonishingly, was in favor with the 1002:Jean Rossignol was understood to be inept. 686: 672: 255: 241: 1380:Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly 1345:18 December 1795 – 6 January 1796 : 1254:Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly 1267: 1179: 1098: 1030: 997: 1843: 1824: 1808: 1796: 1784: 1769: 1694: 1614: 1602: 1578: 1489: 1472: 1460: 1359:17 January 1800 – 26 April 1800 : 1339:11 September – 17 December 1795 : 14: 1909: 1862: 1754: 1742: 1730: 1718: 1706: 1682: 1667: 1655: 1638: 1626: 1554: 1537: 1525: 1501: 1448: 1436: 1421: 1409: 1307:26 December 1793 – 17 May 1794 : 1263: 1047:commanded the Republican right flank, 1884: 1590: 1566: 1513: 1295:14 November – 4 December 1793 : 1288:28 October – 13 November 1793 : 956:Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet 667: 236: 1847:Francois-Severin Marceau (1769–1796) 1378:11 October 1800 – 4 May 1801 : 1303:François SĂ©verin Marceau-Desgraviers 1224:landed with a Royalist force on the 1049:François SĂ©verin Marceau-Desgraviers 1917:ArmĂ©es of the French First Republic 1094: 870:on the population and to force the 24: 1388:mid-November – 20 May 1802 : 1231: 1164:. Marceau was mortally wounded at 1156:where he died in 1802. Ronsin was 25: 1928: 1367:Gabriel Marie Joseph d'HĂ©douville 1313:18 May – 6 September 1794 : 1246:Gabriel Marie Joseph d'HĂ©douville 928:Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle 775:Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle 1850:. London: George Bell & Sons 1121:and 15,000 to the armies on the 872:Civil Constitution of the Clergy 62: 1844:Johnson, Thomas George (1896). 1372:3 May – 10 October 1800 : 1175: 1172:and died on 20 September 1796. 1132:Turreau was arrested after the 908:Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg 847:Army of the Coasts of the Ocean 51:2 October 1793 – 6 January 1796 1328:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux 960:Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux 769:that was sent to fight in the 13: 1: 1890:The Napoleonic Wars Data Book 1818: 1365:27 April – 2 May 1800 : 1332:7 – 10 September 1795 : 1212:, Hoche smashed an attempted 1087:on 12–13 December and at the 857: 53:17 January 1800 – 21 May 1802 1353: 1301:5 – 25 December 1793 : 1276: 1119:Army of the Western Pyrenees 1081:Army of the Eastern Pyrenees 988:Jean Baptiste NoĂ«l Bouchotte 7: 1282:6 – 27 October 1793 : 993: 920:Army of the Coasts of Brest 783:Army of the Coasts of Brest 767:French Revolutionary Armies 117:First Battle of Noirmoutier 10: 1933: 1073:representatives-on-mission 1025:Committee of Public Safety 852: 368:1st Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche 111:Second Battle of Châtillon 26: 1825:Clerget, Charles (1905). 708: 700:French Revolutionary Wars 278: 266:French Revolutionary Wars 192: 187: 98: 90: 82: 74: 57: 47: 42: 1396: 1390:Henri François Delaborde 1374:Jean Baptiste Bernadotte 1258:Henri François Delaborde 1250:Jean Baptiste Bernadotte 1248:who served until 2 May. 1236:On 14 January 1800, the 223:Jean Baptiste Bernadotte 199:François SĂ©verin Marceau 171:Battle of Le Mans (1793) 984:Charles-Philippe Ronsin 901:Antoine Joseph Santerre 33:Army of the West (1846) 29:Army of the West (1862) 18:Army of the West (1793) 1322:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas 1297:Jean Antoine Rossignol 1273: 1185: 1152:and was exiled to the 1127:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas 1104: 1079:was summoned from the 1036: 1003: 968:Jean Antoine Rossignol 910:covered the area from 548:2nd Moulin-aux-Chèvres 443:1st Moulin-aux-Chèvres 211:Jean Baptiste Canclaux 207:Thomas-Alexandre Dumas 123:Battle of La Tremblaye 1892:. 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Index

Army of the West (1793)
Army of the West (1862)
Army of the West (1846)
France
First French Republic
War in the Vendée
Second Battle of Châtillon
First Battle of Noirmoutier
Battle of La Tremblaye
Battle of Cholet
Battle of Laval
Battle of Entrames
Battle of Fougères
Battle of Granville
Battle of Dol
Siege of Angers
Battle of Le Mans (1793)
Battle of Savenay
François Séverin Marceau
Louis Marie Turreau
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Jean Baptiste Canclaux
Lazare Hoche
Guillaume Brune
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
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French Revolutionary Wars
War in the Vendée

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