Chouannerie
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The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising or counter-revolution in twelve of the western départements of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the First Republic during the French Revolution. It played out in three phases and lasted from spring 1794 to 1800.
The defence of Rochefort-en-Terre, painting by Alexandre Bloch, 1885
An episode of the Chouannerie, painting by Jules Girardet, 19th century.
Up to 6,000 peasants hostile to conscription swept into the town of La Roche-Bernard in Brittany on 15 March 1793
The battle of Quiberon Un épisode de l'affaire de Quiberon (An Episode of the Quiberon affair), painting by Paul-Émile Boutigny, 19th century.
Virée de Galerne
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The Virée de Galerne was a military operation of the war in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars across Brittany and Normandy. It takes its name from French virée (turn) and Breton gwalarn.
The wounded General Lescure crosses the Loire at Saint-Florent
The Rout of Cholet, by Jules Giradet.
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Kléber by Jean-Urbain Guérin, 1798