XEE4408095: Deroute de Cholet (October 17, 1793) Vendee War: From October 13 to 17, a battle was held before Cholet, which ended with a victory of the Republican armies. The Blancs then returned to the Loire to escape the repression. Engraving from 1888 from the painting by Jules Girardet., Girardet, Jules (1856-1938) / Bridgeman Images