Chouannising Britain and Ireland

Initiating insurgencies abroad: French plans to chouannise Britain and Ireland 1793-1798 in 'Small Wars & Insurgencies' journal, August 2014

Dr. Sylvie Kleinman

Secret French plans to launch guerrilla-style raids on the British isles devised in the spring of 1796 were referred to as 'chouanneries'. The name and concept behind these small war operations were modelled on the irregular tactics used by the Chouan rebels in the Vendée...France's ongoing military strategy in the war against Britain included fomenting insurrections in Ireland...

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Secret French plans to launch guerrilla-style raids on the British isles devised in the spring of 1796 were referred to as 'chouanneries'. The name and concept behind these small war operations were modelled on the irregular tactics used by