Infernal columns
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The infernal columns were operations led by general Louis Marie Turreau
during the War in the Vendee, aimed at eliminating all resistance after the setback of the virée de Galerne
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Louis Marie Turreau
Louis Marie Turreau , also known as Turreau de Garambouville or Turreau de Linières, was a French general officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He was most notable as the organisor of the colonnes infernales during the war in the Vendée, which massacred tens of thousands of Vendéens and ravaged...
during the War in the Vendee, aimed at eliminating all resistance after the setback of the virée de Galerne
Virée de Galerne
The Virée de Galerne was a military operation of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars across Britanny and Normandy. It takes its name from "gwalarn", a Breton word for the "vent de noroît" ....
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Other uses
The term 'the infernal column' has also been used for a similar movement in the Voulet-Chanoine MissionVoulet-Chanoine Mission
The Voulet–Chanoine Mission or Central African Mission was a French military expedition sent out from Senegal in 1898 to conquer the Chad Basin and unify all French territories in West Africa...
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