Battle of Gesté
Battle of Gesté was a battle fought on 1 February 1794 at Gesté, in what is now France. It was part of the War in the Vendée, which ran from 1793 to 1796.
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Fought 1 February 1794
Where Gesté, France 47.181N, 1.109W
Where it sits in the War in the Vendée Battle of Jallais, 1793 First Battle of Cholet, 1793 First Battle of Coron, 1793 Battle of Chantonnay, 1793 Battle of Pont-Charrault, 1793 Battle of Chemillé, 1793 Battle of Les Aubiers, 1793 Battle of Challans, 1793 Battle of Saint-Gervais, 1793 Battle of Vezins, 1793 Battle of Beaupréau, 1793 First Battle of Machecoul, 1793 Battle of Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche, 1793 Battle of Legé, 1793 Battle of Thouars, 1793 Battle of Palluau, 1793 Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte, 1793 Battle of Doué, 1793 Battle of Montreuil-Bellay, 1793 Battle of Saumur, 1793 Second Battle of Machecoul, 1793 Battle of Parthenay, 1793 Battle of Nantes, 1793 Battle of Martigné-Briand, 1793 Battle of Ponts-de-Cé, 1793 Battle of Château d'Aux, 1793 Battle of Luçon, 1793 Battle of La Roche-sur-Yon, 1793 Battle of Vertou, 1793 Battle of Chantonnay, 1793 First Battle of Montaigu, 1793 Battle of Coron, 1793 Battle of Tiffauges, 1793 Battle of Pont-Barré, 1793 Battle of Montaigu, 1793 Battle of Saint-Fulgent, 1793 Battle of Pallet, 1793 Battle of Treize-Septiers, 1793 Second Battle of Châtillon, 1793 Second Battle of Noirmoutier, 1793 Battle of La Tremblaye, 1793 Battle of Cholet, 1793 Battle of Laval, 1793 Battle of Croix-Bataille, 1793 Battle of Entrames, 1793 Battle of Ernée, 1793 Battle of Fougères, 1793 Battle of Granville, 1793 Battle of Pontorson, 1793 Battle of Dol, 1793 Battle of Rouans, 1793 Battle of La Garnache, 1793 Battle of Bouin, 1793 Battle of Bois-de-Céné, 1793 Battle of La Fleche, 1793 Battle of Pontlieue, 1793 Battle of Quatre Chemins, 1793 Battle of Le Mans, 1793 Battle of Savenay, 1793 Battle of Machecoul, 1793 Battle of Noirmoutier, 1794 Battle of Machecoul, 1794 Battle of Saint-Fulgent, 1794 Battle of Grasla, 1794 Battle of Bosc del Príncep, 1794 Battle of Aizenay, 1794 Battle of Gesté, 1794 Battle of Chauché, 1794 Battle of Legé, 1794 Battle of Saint-Colombin, 1794 Battle of Beaupréau, 1794 Battle of Bressuire, 1794 Battle of La Roche-sur-Yon, 1794 Battle of Clouzeaux, 1794 Battle of Mortani, 1794 Battle of Challans, 1794 Battle of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, 1794 Battle of Chaudron-en-Mauges, 1794 Battle of Mormaison, 1794 Second Battle of Challans, 1794 Battle of Chanteloup, 1794 Battle of La Châtaigneraie, 1794 Battle of Bauches, 1794 Battle of La Roullière, 1794 Battle of Fréligné, 1794 Battle of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, 1794 Battle of Chalonnes, 1795 Battle of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, 1795 Battle of Essarts, 1795 Battle of Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche, 1795 Battle of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 1795 Battle of Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais, 1795 Battle of Mortagne, 1795 Battle of Mouilleron-le-Captif, 1795 Battle of Landes de Béjarry, 1795 Battle of Landes-Genusson, 1795 Battle of Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse, 1795 Battle of Camp de l'Oie, 1795 Battle of Bois du Détroit, 1795 Battle of La Bruffière, 1796 Battle of Argenton-Château, 1796 Battle of La Bégaudière, 1796 Bataille de La Guyonnière, 1796 Battle of Montagu, 1799 Battle of the Aubiers, 1799 Battle of La Flocellière, 1799 Battle of Chambretaud, 1799 Battle of Échaubrognes, 1815 Battle of L'Aiguillon, 1815 Battle of Mathes, 1815 Battle of Thouars, 1815 1793 1815 Battle of Gesté, 1794 112 placed engagements of the War in the Vendée in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1 February 1794 Place Gesté, France47.181N, 1.109W Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Gesté Battle of Gesté Battle of Beaupréau Battle of Beaupréau Battle of Chaudron-en-Mauges Battle of Tiffauges Battle of Pallet Battle of Chaudron-en-Mauges Battle of Tiffauges Battle of Pallet Rennes La Rochelle Tours Le Mans Lorient Poitier 100 km 47.181N, 1.109W The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Battle of Gesté is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888615 , released under CC0. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.