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 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
Second Battle of Cholet
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The Second Battle of Cholet was fought on 17 October 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French Republican forces under generals Jean Léchelle and Jean-Baptiste Kléber and French Royali
Virée de Galerne
…name from French virée (turn) and Breton gwalarn (northwest wind). It concerns the Vendean army's crossing of the river Loire after their defeat in the Battle of Cholet on 17 October 1793 and its march to Granville in the hope of finding reinforcements there from England. Unable to take Granville on 14 November 1793…
Henri de La Rochejaquelein fighting at Cholet, 17 Octobre 1793, by Paul-Émile Boutigny.
Death of Bonchamps (detail), by George Degeorge, 1837.