In 1793, a crushing defeat at Savenay effectively ended the bloodiest uprising of the French Revolution

On December 23, 1793, the Republican army delivered a final, crushing blow to the Catholic and Royal Army at the Battle of Savenay. This conflict was the climax of the War in the Vendée, a brutal civil war fought within the larger French Revolution. The royalist rebels, who sought to restore the monarchy and defend their religious traditions, were trapped against the Loire River.