On 15 October 1793, near the château of La Tremblaye on the road from Mortagne to Cholet, Republican troops fought the Vendéen rebel army in western France. The Vendéen general Lescure was shot in the head, his men fell back into Cholet, and the Republicans entered the town the next day. On the same date in 1810, at Sohail Castle near Fuengirola in southern Spain, an Anglo-Spanish landing force was routed and its commander, Major-General Lord Blayney, was taken prisoner. The castle was held by about 150 men of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw. Sources disagree on numbers, losses and whether French troops under General Sébastiani shared in the victory.
Battle of La Tremblaye, 1793: the shot that felled Lescure
15 October 1793 · 233 years ago
Near Cholet, Republican armies fought the Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendée rebels during the War in the Vendée. When the Vendéen general Lescure was badly wounded by a shot to the head, his men lost heart and fell back to Cholet, leaving the Republicans victorious.
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15 October 1810 · 216 years ago
During the Peninsular War, a small Polish and French garrison at Sohail Castle in Fuengirola held off an Anglo-Spanish landing force under Lord Blayney. A counterattack captured Blayney himself and his men withdrew in disorder to their ships.
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