Fighting the French Revolution by Rob Harper

Author:Rob Harper [Harper, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
ISBN: 9781473868977
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2019-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

The assault on Coron.

On news of this defeat Rossignol ordered Salomon to hold a position in advance of Doué with four battalions and refuse passage to the fleeing troops.40

In their official bulletin the Vendéens claimed nine cannon, three howitzers, nineteen caissons and three thousand killed.41 Whatever the actual cost this was yet another blow to the Republic.

Duhoux’s Angers Column

As Santerre left Saumur, Duhoux’s division, conforming to the 3 September Plan, set out from Angers heading for the Layon. He led 11-15,000 men of whom at least 8,000 were new levies mostly armed with pikes.42 The rest of his forces included the Angers National Guard and a handful of volunteer battalions, supported by at least nine guns and a small body of cavalry.

By the evening of 17 September Duhoux had crossed the Layon and was in St-Lambert preparatory to marching on Chemillé and La Jumellière the following day.43 However, Duhoux was now informed of the disaster at Coron and re-crossed the Layon to deploy on its eastern bank.

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