Georges Cadoudal (1771-1804). French counter-revolutionary politician. Chouan general, commander of the Catholic and Royal Army of Brittany (Armée catholique et royale de Bretagne). Early on the morning of 23 August 1803, the brigantine "HMS Vincejo" landed Georges Cadoudal with other Chouans at the foot of the cliffs of Biville. It was a conspiracy to kidnap or assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte on his way to Malmaison. The attempt failed. Cadoudal was arrested, tried, sentenced to death and guillotined in Paris along with several of the conspirators. Climbing the Biville cliff. Drawing by Karl G
Georges Cadoudal (1771-1804). French counter-revolutionary politician. Chouan general, commander of the Catholic and Royal Army of Brittany (Armée catholique et royale de Bretagne). Early on the morning of 23 August 1803, the brigantine "HMS Vincejo" landed Georges Cadoudal with other Chouans at the foot of the cliffs of Biville. It was a conspiracy to kidnap or assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte on his way to Malmaison. The attempt failed. Cadoudal was arrested, tried, sentenced to death and guillotined in Paris along with several of the conspirators. Climbing the Biville cliff. Drawing by Karl Girardet. Engraving by John Outhwaite. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume IV. Published in Paris, 1845.
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