battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Battle of Thouars
Battle of Thouars was a battle fought on 5 May 1793 at Thouars, in what is now France. It was part of the War in the Vendée, which ran from 1793 to 1796. The recorded result: Royalist victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against 5,000.
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Record
| Date | 5 May 1793 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Thouars, France 46.976N, 0.214W | |
| Part of | War in the Vendée (1793 to 1796) | |
| Kind | Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Royalist victory | |
| Belligerents | Vendean Royalists | French Republic |
| Commanders | Marquis de Lescure; Charles Bonchamps; Henri de La Rochejaquelein | Pierre Quétineau |
| Strength | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 200 killed | 600 killed, 3,000 captured |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Thouars 1815, same recorded site
- Siege of Thouars AD 762, same recorded site
- Battle of Vrines 1793, 3.8 km
- Battle of Argenton-Château 1796, 18 km
- Battle of Montreuil-Bellay 1793, 18 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Legé 30 April 1793
- After: Battle of Palluau 15 May 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 Thouars 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 Q2890178, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Thouars, revision 1381138441, 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.