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War in the Vendée: Name that received the Breton revolution against the French Republic in 1793, which then spread to the provinces of Anjou and Poitou. Its principal leaders were Cathelineau, Charette, Bonchamp, Lescure and Stoffiet. In 1795, general Hoche availed herself of the religious feeling of the rebels and in return granted them religious freedom, that they lay down their weapons.