Battle of Savenay

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Battle of Savenay
Part of the War in the Vendée (Virée de Galerne)
Vendéen Cross at Savenay
Date 23 December 1793 Location Savenay (Loire-Inférieure) Result Republican victory
Belligerents
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.