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  Georges Cadoudal
Georges Cadoudal (1771 - June 10, 1804), leader of the Chouans during the French Revolution, was born near Auray[?].
In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the royalist pretenders.
From 1800 it was impossible for Cadoudal to continue to wage open war, so he took altogether to plotting.
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 Georges Cadoudal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Cadoudal, Georges, (1771-1804), French guerrilla leader who fought to reestablish the monarchy during the French Revolution (1789-1799).
Georges Cadoudal was a miller's son and fervent Royalist who took up arms in La Vendee against the...
Its leader and chief planner, Georges Cadoudal, was captured and executed, Pichegru is believed to have killed himself in prison...
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  Georges Cadoudal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georges Cadoudal (January 1, 1771 - June 10, 1804), leader of the Chouans during the French Revolution, was born near Auray.
In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the royalist pretenders.
From 1800 it was impossible for Cadoudal to continue to wage open war, so he took altogether to plotting.
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 Georges Cadoudal - LoveToKnow 1911
GEORGES CADOUDAL (1771-1804), leader of the Chouans during the French Revolution, was born in 1771 near Auray.
Found guilty and condemned to death, he refused to ask for pardon and was executed in Paris on the 10th of June 1804, along with eleven of his companions.
See Proces de Georges, Moreau et Pichegru (Paris, 1804, 8 vols.
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Cadoudal, Georges (1771-1804), French guerrilla leader who fought to re-establish the monarchy during the French Revolution.
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 Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot - Chapter 21
Georges Cadoudal was the youngest son of a miller from Morbihan; but as there was a bizarre custom, in that part of lower Brittany, whereby the last-born of a family inherited all the estate, Georges, whose father was comfortably off, had been given a certain amount of education.
Cadoudal having stated in his interrogation that he had come with the intention of killing the First Consul, and that the conspiracy was backed by a prince of the royal family, the police started an investigation to discover the location of all the princes of the house of Bourbon.
Georges Cadoudal, condemned to death, along with several accomplices, was executed.
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 Cadoudal, Georges. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Generals Charles Pichegru and Jean Victor Moreau were implicated in the plot.
Insurrections were planned in Paris and in the provinces, but the conspiracy was uncovered by Joseph Fouché, the minister of police, and Cadoudal was executed.
The conspiracy, exaggerated in report, was used as a pretext to transform the Consulate into Napoleon’s empire.
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 Georges Cadoudal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Georges Cadoudal (January 1, 1771 - June 10, 1804), leader of the Chouans during the (The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799) French Revolution, was born near (Click link for more info and facts about Auray) Auray.
In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in (A division of the United Kingdom) England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the royalist pretenders.
He refused to come to any understanding with the government, although offers were made to him by (French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)) Bonaparte, who admired his skill and his obstinate energy.
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 Napoleonic personalities : Georges Cadoudal : Royalist Counter-Revolutionary
Georges Cadoudal was a miller's son and fervent Royalist who took up arms in La Vendee against the Revolution.
An offer of an amnesty was rejected in 1795 and he took part in the Quiberon debacle.
Cadoudal spent much of his time in England and organised anti-Bonaparte plots - although he denied being involved in the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate him with a bomb in 1800.
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 GEORGES CADOUDAL (1771... - Online Information article about GEORGES CADOUDAL (1771...
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 Assassination attempts on Napoleon Bonaparte : Plots : Infernal Machine : Napoleon Bonaparte : Royalist : Georges ...
Threats against the life of Napoleon Bonaparte were not rare as his manner of ruling France did outrage many on all sides of politics.
In 1804, another Royalist plan - this time to kidnap Bonaparte and known as the Cadoudal Plot - was foiled and led to the arrests of a large number of conspirators, including generals Jean Moreau and Jean Pichegru.
Its leader and chief planner, Georges Cadoudal, was captured and executed, Pichegru is believed to have killed himself in prison, while Moreau was exiled.
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 34. The Diplomacy Of Georges Cadoudal Page 1
The feeling that Roland experienced as he followed Georges Cadoudal resembled that of a man half-awakened, who is still under the influence of a dream, and returns gradually from the confines which separate night from day.
Cadoudal rode forward a few paces, putting his finger to his lips, as if to request the man to speak low.
Cadoudal called his four lieutenants, Chante-en-hiver, Monte-à-l'assaut, Fend-l'air, and La Giberne, to him, gave each of them fifty men, and each with his men disappeared like shadows in the heavy mist, giving the well-known hoot, as they vanished.
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 The Xxx Live Of Jehu Pt.17   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cadoudal gave a xxx live that xxx live he was not surprised by the refusal.
Cadoudal's men were nearly all poachers, that is to say, excellent marksmen, armed with xxx live carbines, able to carry twice the length of the army musket.
Cadoudal had given a crown of six sous to each man. Roland could not help reflecting that the gift was made with the money of the Directory sent to the West by Morgan and the Companions of Jehu.
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 Cadoudal, Georges biography - S9.com
1800 - It was impossible for Cadoudal to continue to wage open war, so he centered his efforts on conspiracies.
Cadoudal features as a main character in the 1940 Rafael Sabatini novel, Marquis of Carabas.
Proces instruit par la Cour de justice criminelle et speciale du departement de la Seine, seante a Paris, contre Georges, Pichegru et autres, prevenus de conspiration contre la personne du premier consul; recueilli par des stenographes.
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 To discover - History
After the historical creation of the Kingdom of Brittany and Viking invasions, who in 929/930 dominated the entire region, the 12th century is highlighted by a steady migratorion flux to Brittany and locally fixed populations since this era are the backbone of present populations.
The end of the 18th century was marked by the landing in Carnac of emigrated royalists coming back from England in June 1775 and joined the 5000-chouan Army led by Georges Cadoudal.
He often replaced Cadoudal at the command of the division and on several occasions he showed his bravery.
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 34. The Diplomacy Of Georges Cadoudal Page 5
Cadoudal rode his horse around these living breastworks, firing at twenty paces, sometimes his pistols, sometimes a musket, which he discharged, cast aside, and picked up again reloaded.
Suddenly Cadoudal appeared, erect, a pistol in each hand; it was the death of two men; two men fell.
Roland cast a last glance at the battlefield, sighed, and, waving a last farewell to Cadoudal, started at a gallop across the fields to await, on the road to Vannes, the wagon-load of wounded and the prisoners he was asked to deliver to General Hatry.
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 The Infernal Machine
The conspirators had been sent to Paris by the tough Chouan leader, Georges Cadoudal, who was in the pay of the British (Saint-Regent was receiving a British government stipend of 3 sous per diem as well), to deliver the "coup essentiel" against the French leader.
With 20,000 pounds sterling of secret service and Royalist funds, Cadoudal was to raise a Chouannerie in Morbihan, subvert French garrisons in port cities and do away with the future Emperor.
Georges Cadoudal had met with British government officials about these activities, including the "coup essentiel" to take place in Paris.
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Cadoudal and the famous Revolutionary general, Charles Pichegru, finalize their plan to remove Bonaparte, take over Paris and restore the monarchy.
Cadoudal makes a pilgrimage to his native Brittany to see the woman to whom he is betrothed.
With Coster, also her lover, Cadoudal hides in their trysting house and has Bonaparte in his sights but must keep his promise to the British and his fellow generals to wait for the coup d’état.
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 Companions of Jehu, The
As for Cadoudal, he remained where he was, nonchalantly finishing his meal.
Of the hundred men surrounding the general, not one seemed to perceive the spectacle that was now before their eyes; it seemed almost as if they were waiting for Cadoudal's order to look at it.
Cadoudal watched the various emotions that succeeded each other on the young man's face.
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 :: Bretagne.com :: english issue :: The revolt of the Chouans   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An 20 000 strong army of Chouans in the command of Cadoudal, headed straight for the landing area.
The true end of the history of the Chouans, came when Bonaparte ordered the guillotine for Georges Cadoudal, the 23rd of June 1804, a bitter opponent of the future emperor.
George Cadoudal, who had been a Chouan right from the beginning had tried to assassinate Bonaparte twice.
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 Entire PG Memoirs of Napoleon, The
From this short specimen of the manner in which Georges replied to the questions of the President we may judge of his unshaken firmness during the proceedings.
In all that concerned himself he was perfectly open; but in regard to whatever tended to endanger his associates he maintained the moat obstinate silence, notwithstanding every attempt to overcome his firmness.
Having accompanied M. Carbonnet to the police, where he went to demand his papers, on the day of his removal to St. Pelagic, we were obliged to await the return of M. Real, who was absent.
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 Bed and Breakfast, Saint Barthélémy, Morbihan, Bretagne, France, vacation lodging   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The second is the birth of Georges Cadoudal (1771 - 1804) in Kerléano near Auray.
Cadoudal was a famous 18th century counter-revolutionary who led the republican troops for 8 years.
Quiberon is a coastal resort known for its beaches, its thalassatherapy institute and the "Côte Sauvage", a magnificent and impressive domain of cliffs, rocks, caves and reefs.
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 AllRefer.com - Georges Cadoudal (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Georges Cadoudal[zhOrzh kAdOOdAl´] Pronunciation Key, 1771–1804, French royalist conspirator.
A commander of the Chouans, he led the counterrevolutionists in the VendEe.
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 Georges Cadoudal - Encyclopedia.com
A commander of the Chouans, he led the counterrevolutionists in the Vendée.
Generals Charles Pichegru and Jean Victor Moreau were implicated in the plot.
Insurrections were planned in Paris and in the provinces, but the conspiracy was uncovered by Joseph Fouché, the minister of police, and Cadoudal was executed.
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 The d'Enghien Affair: Crime or Blunder?
Georges Cadoudal and his fellow chouans slipped into France from Britain, on 30 August  1803 aboard the naval vessel of Capt. John Wesley Wright, a key player in the British part of the conspiracy.
Cadoudal, when captured after a gun battle, had boldly, but, as it turned out, fatally revealed that he had only been waiting for the arrival of a Bourbon Prince before carrying out his attack on Napoleon.
We intended to give France a king and we have given her an emperor.' (Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor on 18 May 1804.) Cadoudal was tried along with eight of his companions and executed on 25 June 1804.
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 :: Bretagne.com :: english issue :: Georges Cadoudal, Son of a peasant   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Some hideaways still carry the name of Cadoudal, in the peninsula of Local for example.
His body was given to students in Medicine, and the surgeon Larrey kept his skeleton on iron wires.
The remains of Georges Cadoudal rest now in the mausoleum which was built on the hill of Kerléano in Auray, several kilometres from the Martyr's field, where 953 emigrants and chouans were shot after the disaster at Quiberon.
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 Remembering the Vendée by Sophie Masson
Within two years, Chouan resistance in Vendée was all but dead, though Brittany, under the leadership of the remarkable Georges Cadoudal, continued to fight for many years to come.
Eventually, the indomitable Georges relaunched the Chouannerie and twice attempted to assassinate Bonaparte.
Cadoudal had come to regard Bonaparte as a tyrant as dangerous as Robespierre, and as likely to drag the whole country into years of bloodshed.
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