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Battle of Savenay
Part of the War in the Vendée
Date 23 December 1793 Location Savenay (Loire-Inférieure) Result Decisive Republican victory
Belligerents
Republicans	Vendéens Chouans
Commanders
Kléber Marceau Canuel Tilly Westermann Beaupuy Verger-Dubareau Muller Scherb Savary Prieur de la Marne Turreau Bourbotte	Fleuriot Bernard de Marigny Lyrot † Cadoudal
Strength
18,000 soldiers	6,000 soldiers 7 cannons 4,000-6,000 non-combatants (wounded, women, children...)
Casualties and losses
30 dead 200 wounded	4,000-6,000 dead ~ 2,000-4,000 prisoners (executed)

The Battle of Savenay marks the end of the Virée de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendée, where a Republican force of approximately 18,000 decisively defeated the armée catholique et royale force of 6,000 at Savenay.

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