COMMANDER // 1771–1804
Georges Cadoudal
Marshal of FranceFrance2 battles2 wars
Lifespan
1771 – 1804
Active service 1793–1795 — 2 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 22.
Profile
Georges Cadoudal, sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton counter-revolutionary and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution. He was posthumously named a Marshal of France in 1814 by the reinstated Bourbons. Cadoudal means in Breton language "warrior returning from the fight".
Battles (2)
1793
Battle of SavenayWar in the Vendée · Vendéens
1795
Invasion of FranceWar of the First Coalition · French Royalists