Battle of La Tremblaye
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| Battle of La Tremblaye | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
.jpg) The wounded Lescure is carried by his soldiers | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Republic |
 French Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jean Léchelle Françoi Marceau Jean-Baptiste Kléber Michel de Beaupuy Antoine Bard |
Maurice d'Elbée Marquis de Lescure (WIA) Charles Bonchamps Charles de Royrand | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15,000 men | 25,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 dead | 1,200 to 1,500 dead | ||||||
The Battle of La Tremblaye (15 October 1793), part of the war in the Vendée, took place near Cholet, and was a Republican victory over the Vendéens.
The republican Army of Mainz continued its progress and burnt down everything in its way. On 13 October it took Clisson, then Tiffauges and Torfou on 14 October. On 13 October, Charles de Royrand and his 3,000 men of the Catholic and Royal Army of Centre took refuge in Mortagne after having been pushed back by the Luçon division of general Antoine Bard, strong of 3,500 soldiers who had burnt down Les Herbiers and La Verrie.
Nevertheless, the Vendéen generals decided to evacuate the town, to fall back on Cholet and sent the artillery to Beaupréau. The order was rapidly executed, on 15 October the troops of general Kléber entered in an abandoned Mortagne, where they found 1,500 republican prisoners whom the Vendéens had forgotten in their cells.
In the meantime, general Alexis Chalbos had regrouped his troops at Bressuire and headed on. The three republican armies converged towards Cholet where the decisive battle seemed to have to take place.