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Bataille de Torfou-Tiffauges | |||||||
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Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
Battle of Torfou: the women of Tiffauges block the path of the Vendéens fleeing at the sight of the troops from Mainz led by Kléber, painting by Alfred de Chasteignier. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republicans | Vendéens | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jean-Baptiste de Canclaux Jean-Baptiste Kléber |
Maurice d'Elbée Charles de Bonchamps Louis de Lescure François de Charette | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000 men | 20,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,000 dead | 600 dead |
The battle of Torfou-Tiffauges was a battle on 19 September 1793 during the War in the Vendée. It pitted many Royalist military leaders against Republican troops under Jean-Baptiste Kléber and Canclaux.