Châtillon

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The First Battle of Châtillon during the War in the Vendée saw the Vendean Royalists defeat a French Republican raiding force led by François-Joseph Westermann. The rebel Catholic and Royal Army virtually destroyed the Republican column, only Westermann and a few hundred cavalrymen escaping the disaster. The Vendée revolt was a bitter civil war waged between those who supported the French Revolution and rural farmers who resented the new government's anti-Catholic laws and conscription decrees.

The Battle of Châtillon was the third sortie by French forces attempting to relieve the siege of Paris by the Prussian-led German armies. The French Army forced the Bavarians from the western outskirts of Paris but were later driven back in the face of Prussian artillery.

It is the name of several places:

Châtillon is a section of the Belgian town of Saint-Léger, located in Wallonia municipality in the province of Luxembourg in Belgium. It was a separate municipality before the merger of Commons in 1977.

Broadback River tributary of Rupert bay (South of James Bay) flowing in municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Broadback River is a river in northern Quebec, Canada. It drains into Rupert Bay, just south of the Rupert River and Cree community Waskaganish. The major lake on the river's course is Lake Evans.

Châtillon, Aosta Valley Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy

Chatillon ; is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. It was renamed as "Castiglion Dora" in 1939 during Fascist rule in Italy. It was reverted old name in 1946.

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