Battle of La Tremblaye | |||||||
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Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
Lescure wounded during the battle, stained glass by Jean Clamens, Le Pin-en-Mauges, c.1890. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic | Vendeans | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
• Jean Léchelle • Antoine Bard • Michel de Beaupuy • Jean-Baptiste Kléber • François-Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers |
• Maurice d'Elbée • Louis Marie de Lescure † • Charles de Bonchamps • Charles de Royrand | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000 men | 25,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,200 to 1,500 dead |
The battle of La Tremblaye (15 October 1793), part of the war in the Vendée, took place near Cholet, and was a Republican victory over the Vendéens.