Republican forces of about 18,000 decisively defeated the 6,000-strong Armée Catholique et Royale at Savenay on 23 December 1793.

After the crushing defeat at Le Mans on 12 December 1793, a few thousand Vendéens fled to Laval and then Ancenis, hoping to cross the Loire back into Vendée. Pursued by the Republicans, they fought at Savenay on 23 December 1793, where a Republican force of approximately 18,000 decisively defeated the Armée Catholique et Royale force of 6,000. The Vendéens fled, retreating out of Savenay and regrouping to the west of the town, the spot now marked by the battle's commemorative cross. The engagement ended the Virée de Galerne, the final operational phase of the first war in the Vendée.

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