Joseph Bara
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François Joseph Bara was a French soldier best known for his death during the War in the Vendée. At the age of twelve, he joined the French Revolutionary Army as a drummer boy after the outbreak of Fr
1882 portrait of Bara by Jean-Joseph Weerts
The Death of Young Bara (1794) by a pupil of Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Bara (Jean-Joseph Weerts, 1880)
Chouan
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Chouan is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Rev
Joseph Bara
…Vendée. At the age of twelve, he joined the French Revolutionary Army as a drummer boy after the outbreak of French Revolutionary Wars, and was killed by Chouan rebels while defending a pair of horses he was leading. Bara was transformed after his death into a martyr for the French Revolution and has been…
Breton sentinel in front of a church, painting of Charles Loyeux
The arms of the Chouans