Siege of Angers
| Siege of Angers | |||||||
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| Part of the War in the Vendée | |||||||
Angers Castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic | ' French Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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• Louis Thévenet • Jean-Pierre Boucret • Michel de Beaupuy • Jean Bouin de Marigny |
• Henri de La Rochejaquelein • Jean-Nicolas Stofflet | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 men | 15,000 to 20,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400 killed or wounded | 800 killed, 1,200 wounded | ||||||
The siege of Angers was a siege of the French town of Angers on 3 December 1793 in the War in the Vendée. Among the combatants was Françoise Després, a loyal monarchist and Catholic who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Bourbon army.