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Charles Melchior Artus was born on May 10, 1760 at Jouverteil, Anjou (now Juvardeil, Maine-et-Loire), France.
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Bonchamps et le passage de la Loire par l'Armée Vendéenne en 1793. (French Edition)
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Title: Bonchamps et le passage de la Loire par l'Arme?e Vende?enne en 1793, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The MILITARY HISTORY & WARFARE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series offers titles on warfare from ancient to modern times. It includes detailed accounts of campaigns, battles, weapons, as well as the soldiers and commanders who devised, initiated, and supported war efforts throughout history. Specific analyses discuss the impact of war on societies, cultures, economies, and changing international relationships. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Baguenier desormeaux, Henri; Bonchamps, Charles Melchior; 1896. 79 p. ; 8º. 9225.h.33.
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Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps
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Bonchamps gained his first military experience in the American War of Independence, and on his return to France was made a captain of grenadiers in the French army. At the outbreak of the French Revolution resigned his command and retired to his chateau at St Florent. In the spring of 1793 he was chosen leader by the insurgents of the Vendee, and to his counsels may be attributed in great measure the success of the peasants' arms. He was present at the taking of Bressuire, Thouars and Fontenay, at which last place he was wounded; but dissensions among their leaders weakened the insurgents, and at the bloody battle of Cholet (October 1793) the Vendeans sustained a severe defeat and Bonchamps was mortally wounded. He died the next day. It is said that his last act was the pardoning of five thousand republican prisoners, whom his troops had sworn to kill in revenge for his death.
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Bonchamps et le passage de la Loire par l'Armée Vendéenne en 1793. (French Edition)
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Bonchamps et le passage de la Loire par l'Armée Vendéenne en 1793. (French Edition)
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He was a staunch upholder of the monarchy.
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Royalist