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See also: BONCHAMPS, See also:CHARLES MELCHIOR ARTUS, See also:MARQUIS DE (c. 1760-1793) , Vendean See also:leader, was See also:born at Jouverteil, See also:Anjou. He gained his first military experience in the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence, and on his return to See also:France was made a See also:captain of grenadiers in the See also:French See also:army. He was a staunch upholder of the See also:monarchy, and at the outbreak of the French Revolution resigned his command and retired to his See also:chateau at St Florent. In_ the See also:spring of 1793 he was chosen leader by the insurgents of the See also:Vendee, and to his counsels may be attributed in See also:great measure the success of the peasants' arms. He was See also:present at the taking of See also:Bressuire, See also:Thouars and Fontenay, at which last See also:place he was wounded; but dissensions among their leaders weakened the insurgents, and at the bloody See also:battle of See also:Cholet (See also:October 1793) the Vendeans sustained a severe defeat and Bonchamps was mortally wounded. He died the next See also:day. It is said that his last See also:act was the pardoning of five thousand republican prisoners, whom his troops had sworn to kill in revenge for his See also:death. A statue of him by See also:David d'See also:Angers stands in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Florent.
End of Article: BONCHAMPS, CHARLES MELCHIOR ARTUS, MARQUIS DE (c. 1760-1793)
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