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Battle of Chantonnay
The Battle of Chantonnay (5 September 1793) saw Royalist and Republican French forces clash at Chantonnay during the War in the Vendée. In the wake of his victory at Luçon, Augustin Tuncq sent 7,000 Republican troops under René François Lecomte to occupy an exposed position at Chantonnay. Reacting to the threat, 25,000 Vendeans rebels with 21 cannons led by Louis d'Elbée and Charles de Bonchamps attacked and crushed the Republicans in a four-hour struggle in which François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers distinguished himself. Only 2,500 out of
force of 35,000 in the Battle of Luçon and he subsequently held both Luçon and Chantonnay. Consequently, supported by the powerful representatives, his victory earned him the rank of major general.
Injured after falling off a horse, he gave up his army to his second in command, general of division René François Lecomte, so he could receive treatment for his injuries at La Rochelle, but on 5 September, the division was crushed by d’Elbée's 20,000 men at the Battle of Chantonnay. Lecomte had not taken any precautions in