Virée de Galerne campaign

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The Virée de Galerne campaign was a disastrous 1793–1794 retreat of the Vendéen Catholic and Royal Army across northwestern France during the War in the Vendée, marked by brutal fighting, mass civilian involvement, and eventual annihilation of the royalist forces.

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Virée de Galerne campaign canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
retreat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Virée de Galerne ⓘ
belligerent Catholic and Royal Army ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
characteristic brutal fighting ⓘ
high mortality among noncombatants ⓘ
mass participation of civilians ⓘ
chronologicalOrder followed the Battle of Cholet ⓘ
conflict War in the Vendée ⓘ
linked to: Vendée uprising
country France ⓘ
describedAs disastrous for the royalist cause ⓘ
endCause defeat at the Battle of Savenay ⓘ
endTime 1794 ⓘ
hasCause defeat of the Vendéen army at Cholet ⓘ
royalist attempt to reach a seaport and obtain British support ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of organized Vendéen resistance north of the Loire ⓘ
devastation of towns and countryside along the route ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Vendéen population ⓘ
severe reprisals by Republican forces in the Vendée region ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
involves attempted march toward Granville ⓘ
crossing of the Loire River ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
location Anjou ⓘ
Brittany ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
movementType strategic retreat ⓘ
namedAfter Galern coast of Brittany ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Entrammes ⓘ
Battle of Le Mans ⓘ
Battle of Savenay ⓘ
siege of Granville (1793) ⓘ
opponent Republican forces ⓘ
participant Republican Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg ⓘ
Republican Army of the West ⓘ
Vendéen royalist insurgents ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
counter-revolutionary movements in the French Revolution ⓘ
result annihilation of the main Vendéen royalist forces ⓘ
decisive Republican victory ⓘ
startTime 1793 ⓘ
temporalContext Reign of Terror ⓘ

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Catholic and Royal Army → notableBattle → Virée de Galerne campaign ⓘ
Battle of Cholet (1793) → followedBy → Virée de Galerne campaign ⓘ
Battle of Le Mans (1793) → partOf → Virée de Galerne campaign ⓘ