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
Catholic and Royal Armies
The Catholic and Royal Armies is the name given to the royalist armies in western France composed of insurgents during the war in the Vendée and the Chouannerie, who opposed the French Revolution.
Chouan emblem
Jacques Cathelineau
Charles de Bonchamps
François-Athanase Charette de La Contrie