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Quiberon Bay Landing Fails
- The Quiberon Bay expedition gathered émigrés and Chouans with British backing to spark a royalist uprising in Brittany.
- The plan depended on promised arms and a mass popular join-in that never fully materialized.
Hoche Crushes Royalists Brutally
- The royalist force briefly held a beachhead but lacked cohesion and clear command under Puse and émigré officers.
- Lazare Hoche arrived, trapped them on the peninsula, and executed hundreds after surrender terms.
Thermidorans Shift Focus To The Right
- The Thermidorians saw the primary threat shifting from left to right after summer 1795.
- They framed the new constitution to prevent royalist capture while restoring moderate revolutionary ideals.