Invasion of France (1795)
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This article is about the Revolutionary Wars battle. For the Seven Years' War battle, see Battle of Quiberon Bay.
The Invasion of France in 1795 or the Battle of Quiberon was a major landing on the Quiberon peninsula by émigré, counter-revolutionary troops in support of the Chouannerie and Vendée Revolt, beginning on 23 June and finally definitively repulsed on 21 July. It aimed to raise the whole of western France in revolt, bring an end to the French Revolution and restore the French monarchy. The invasion failed; it had a major negative impact, dealing a disastrous blow to the royalist cause.
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Invasion of France | |||||||
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Part of the Federalist revolts during the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
Un épisode de l'affaire de Quiberon, by Paul-Émile Boutigny | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic | Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lazare Hoche Jean Baptiste Canclaux |
Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye Louis Charles d'Hervilly (DOW) Georges Cadoudal Charles de Sombreuil Vincent de Tinténiac † Alexander Hood John Borlase Warren | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
13,000 men |
15,000 Chouans 5,437 émigrés 80 cannons 9 British warships 60 transports | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Around 5,000 dead and 6,332 captured[1] |
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