battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Luçon
Battle of Luçon was a battle fought on 14 August 1793 at Luçon, in what is now France. It was part of the War in the Vendée, which ran from 1793 to 1796. The recorded result: French Republican victory. Recorded strength: 10,000; 14 cannons against 35,000; 17 cannons.
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Record
| Date | 14 August 1793 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Luçon, France 46.456N, 1.165W | |
| Part of | War in the Vendée (1793 to 1796) | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | French Republican victory | |
| Belligerents | French Republic | border|20px French Royalists |
| Commanders | Augustin Tuncq | border|20px Maurice d'Elbée; border|20px Marquis de Lescure; border|20px Prince de Talmont; border|20px Henri du Vergier; border|20px François de Charette; border|20px Gaspard de Marigny |
| Strength | 10,000; 14 cannons | 35,000; 17 cannons |
| Casualties and losses | Total: 500; 100 dead; 400 wounded | Total: 5,000 to 6,000; 1,500 to 2,000 dead; 4,000 wounded; 17 cannons lost |
Nearest engagements
- First Battle of Luçon 1793, same recorded site
- Second Battle of Luçon 1793, same recorded site
- Battle of Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais 1795, 13 km
- Battle of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits 1794, 20 km
- Battle of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits 1794, 20 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Château d'Aux 10 August 1793
- After: Battle of La Roche-sur-Yon 26 August 1793
- All 112 engagements of War in the Vendée
Elsewhere in 1793
- Siege of Toulon France
- Battle of Neerwinden Belgium
- Battle of Hondschoote France
- Battle of Wattignies France
- Siege of Mainz Germany
Battle of Luçon 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 Q1108787, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Luçon, revision 1370448330, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.