A minor revolt against conscription has turned…

March 1793 CE

A minor revolt against conscription has turned into an insurrection by mid-March.

The Republic is quick to respond, dispatching over forty-five thousand troops to the area.

The first pitched battle is on the night of March 19.

A Republican column of two thousand, under General Louis Henri François de Marcé, moving from La Rochelle to Nantes, is intercepted north of Chantonnay near the Gravereau bridge (Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges), over the river le Petit-Lay.

After six hours of fighting, rebel reinforcements arrive and rout the Republican forces.

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Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges Pays de la Loire France View →

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Jean Baptiste Kléber View →

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