fuzillades

Updated: June 28, 2025

The spot where the gallant Charette was shot, with several other leaders of the Vendean army, is shown; and in the cemetery, a large mound of earth marks the place where the bodies were thrown in, at the time of the "Fuzillades" when the infamous Carrier presided at the execution of the brave Royalists. The print beneath represents this monster on the banks of the Loire directing the Noyades.

W.D. Fellowes - A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 : With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. : Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot