Battle of Savenay

Battle of Savenay
Part of the War in the Vendée (Virée de Galerne)

Vendéen Cross at Savenay
Date23 December 1793
Location
Result Republican victory
Belligerents
France French Republic Vendéens
Chouans
Commanders and leaders
François Marceau
Jean Kléber
Simon Canuel
Jacques Tilly
F.-J. Westermann
Michel de Beaupuy
Pierre Verger
François Muller
Marc Scherb
Pierre Prieur
Pierre Bourbotte
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jacques Fleuriot
Bernard de Marigny
Lyrot 
Georges Cadoudal
Strength
18,000 soldiers 6,000 soldiers, 7 guns
4,000–6,000 non-combatants
Casualties and losses
30 dead, 200 wounded 4,000–6,000 dead
2,000–4,000 captured
Most prisoners executed

The Battle of Savenay took place on 23 December 1793, and marks the end of the Virée de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendée after the French Revolution. A Republican force of approximately 18,000 decisively defeated the Armée Catholique et Royale force of 6,000 at Savenay.