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Chouans (noun): This term refers to the counter-revolutionary insurgents in France during the Revolutionary period. It is used in historical contexts to describe the Royalist and Catholic Vendéan insurgents who rebelled against the French Republic
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The chouans having left several hours earlier.
This letter had an enormous impact on the Chouans.
A group of Chouans was massacred there.
In the woods of Saint-Bily were founf underground caches of Chouans.
Let us hope the Chouans will not take their revenge there.
The machine infernale attempt on Napoleon 's life was planned by seven royalist Breton chouans.
Many Chouans and Vendeans were amenable to these measures and laid down their arms.
His third task was to supply the Chouans in Brittany with arms.
The Chouans gathered opponents of the anticlerical policy led by the Republic.
We were attacked by Chouans just beyond Mortagne.
Chouans and émigrés were captured, along with members of their family.
Underground chambers inhabited by the Chouans can be found in the Saint-Bily woods.
The two Chouans waited a moment in much uncertainty, unable to decide this case of conscience.
North of the Loire, similar revolts were started by the so-called Chouans royalist rebels.
The Chouans are there.
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La Roche-Bernard during the revolutionary period was often described as a Republican bastion encircled by chouans.
Rarely beaten, the chouans there were among the best organised and best disciplined.
The pastoral setting is integrated into the plot, particularly the guerrilla combat of the Chouans.
One group was the Chouans of Brittany, led by Jean Chouan.
Later novels mention additional royalist uprisings, connecting them thematically to Les Chouans.
The army chouans remained, in total, three days in Saint-Georges-du-Bois before moving to other cities.
It has been used as a location for historical films, including Lancelot du Lac and Chouans.
The Chouans mercilessly attacked the island year after year, and eventually kidnapped the mayor in 1800.
Another important recurring character is Marshal Hulot, who first appeared as a colonel in Les Chouans.
June 30, The Chouans are forced to abandon Auray.
At this time in Bourgneuf-la-Forêt, there was a battle between the Chouans the revolutionaries.
My unfortunate father is dead -- a victim of his devotion to the Republic, combating the Chouans.
In 1799, a Republican ( French revolutionaries ) detachment was surprised and was destroyed by the Chouans near Guéhenno.
Republicans were caught, and then shot after the execution of 748 chouans.
It was not until 1829 that Balzac produced his first successful novel, Les Chouans.
On 4 November 1793 he left Paris with his battalion to fight the Chouans at Coutances.
