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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    September 1863, and is located at kilometric point (KP) 653.987 on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. Today, the station is served by TER Bretagne services...
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    The station was opened on 8 September 1863, and it is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités...
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    metal-hulled ships. In 1868, Saint-Nazaire became a sub-prefecture of the town of Savenay. A second dock basin was created at Penhoët in 1881, to allow the handling...
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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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    Edward José and starring Alice Brady. In the quaint French village of Savenay, Arlette resides with her grandfather Chaupin, who owns the local inn....
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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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