Battle of Saint-Fulgent

The Battle of Saint-Fulgent (22 September 1793) saw Royalist and Republican French forces clash at Saint-Fulgent during the War in the Vendée. The 11,000 Vendean rebels, led by Henri de La Rochejaquelein, defeated a 6,000-man republican division, commanded by Jean Quirin de Mieszkowski and belonging to the Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle. Half of the Republican force was killed, wounded or captured, but rebel losses were only one tenth as many.

Battle of Saint-Fulgent
Part of the War in the Vendée
Battle of Saint-Fulgent 1793
Date 22 September 1793 Location Saint-Fulgent, Vendée, France Result Vendean victory
Belligerents
French Royalists	Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Henri de La Rochejaquelein	Jean Rossignol Jean Mieszkowski
Units involved
Catholic and Royal Army	Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle
Strength
11,000	6,000
Casualties and losses
300	3,000

In mid-September, the Republican Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle, led by Jean Antoine Rossignol, advanced into the Vendée from the south and the east while the Army of the Coasts of Brest and the Army of Mainz, under Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, advanced from the west. In a series of battles at Coron, Pont-Barré, Tiffauges, Montaigu and Saint-Fulgent, the royalist rebels concentrated against and defeated each republican column in turn.