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    Savenay (French pronunciation: [sav(ə)nɛ] ; Savenneg in Breton) is a town (administratively a commune) in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France...
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    The Battle of Savenay took place on 23 December 1793, and marks the end of the Virée de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendée after...
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    Delano (March 12, 1862 in Montour Falls, New York – April 15, 1919 in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France) was a nurse and founder of the American Red...
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    The railway from Savenay to Landerneau is an important French 245-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban)...
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    the Catholic and Royal Army at the Battle of Le Mans and the Battle of Savenay. In a controversial document, the authenticity of which is disputed, Westermann...
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    Granville, the Vendée army was finally destroyed in December at Mans and Savenay. From the winter of 1793 to the spring of 1794, during the Reign of Terror...
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    the Vendée insurrection, taking part in the battles of Le Mans and of Savenay in December of the same year. Returning to Morbihan, he was arrested, and...
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    Marceau, with whom he defeated the Royalists at the battles of Le Mans and Savenay in December 1793. When Kléber openly expressed his opinion that the Vendéans...
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  • the Catholic royalist army during the revolt in the Vendée. Captured at Savenay, he was executed as a prisoner of the National Convention for his counter-revolutionary...
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    France. The station was opened on 26 September 1862 is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités...
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    the Chouan rebellion subsided following a major defeat at the Battle of Savenay. Following the 9th Thermidor, those Chouans willing to lay down arms were...
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    December 2020: Michael Savenay, CEO Germany since March 2021: Reinhard Krafft, CEO Merck Finck since January 2023: Michael Savenay, CEO Merck Finck The...
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    Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway, between Nantes and Savenay. It is served by local trains (TER Pays de la Loire) to Savenay and Nantes. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    rebels at the Battle of Le Mans on 12–13 December and at the Battle of Savenay on 23 December 1793. In the wake of Le Mans, Marceau had rescued and protected...
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    station Couëron towards Le Croisic 1 Terminus Chantenay towards Savenay 1bis Savenay towards Redon 2 Rennes Terminus Terminus 4 Ancenis towards Angers...
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    wounded. Later, 1,500 civilians were arrested and interned in a camp at Savenay and most of their houses were demolished, even though they had had nothing...
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    The drownings at Savenay during the War in the Vendée, 1793...
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    Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Saint-Viaud Saint-Vincent-des-Landes Sautron Savenay Sévérac Sion-les-Mines Soudan Les Sorinières Soulvache Sucé-sur-Erdre Teillé...
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    trade unionist, and notable pacifist. She was born on July 8, 1898, in Savenay and died on November 3, 1983, in the 14th district of Paris. She published...
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    fell back towards Savenay (23 December 1793) where it was completely destroyed by Republican troops under Kléber. The battle of Savenay marked the end of...
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    Jean-Baptiste; Duret, D. (1933). La cathédrale de Nantes (in French). Savenay: Roumegoux. Sumption, J. (2017). The Hundred Years War 4: Cursed Kings...
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  • Cholet, Laval, Entrames, Fougères, Granville, Dol, Angers, Le Mans and Savenay. After the main Vendean army was crushed, the revolt evolved into guerilla...
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    November 1918 was signed. She was also connected with the army college at Savenay. Ware wrote of her war experience, in prose and verse, in Echoes of France...
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    in Le Mans on 12 December and again, more severely, on 23 December in Savenay. After this decisive rout, the Catholic and Royal Army was no longer a...
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    Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Saint-Viaud Saint-Vincent-des-Landes Sautron Savenay Sévérac Sion-les-Mines Soudan Les Sorinières Soulvache Sucé-sur-Erdre Teillé...
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    Church in France J.B. Russon et D. Duret, La cathédrale de Nantes, Roumegoux et Cie, Savenay, 1933, 145 p., p. 69 Portals: Biography Catholicism France...
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  • break the fortifications of a town like at Granville. After the Battle of Savenay, the army was reconstructed on paper but its actual existence was insignificant;...
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    March 12, 1862, founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service, died in Savenay Loire-Atlantique, France (April 15, 1919). Was interred at Arlington National...
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    Saint-Viaud 44193 44590 Saint-Vincent-des-Landes 44194 44880 Sautron 44195 44260 Savenay 44196 44530 Sévérac 44197 44590 Sion-les-Mines 44198 44840 Les Sorinières...
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    Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Saint-Viaud Saint-Vincent-des-Landes Sautron Savenay Sévérac Sion-les-Mines Soudan Les Sorinières Soulvache Sucé-sur-Erdre Teillé...
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