 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Paakasunungurwa, Marceau akakurumidza kutora chikamu mukudzivirira kweSaumur kurwisa Vendéean Royalists, akazviratidza paHondo yeSaumur musi wa10 Chikumi 1793 nekununura mumiriri Pierre Bourbotte kubva mumaoko evapanduki. Musangano weNyika wakamusarudzira kuonga kwenyika uye akakurumidza kukwidziridzwa. Maitiro ake paHondo yeChantonnay musi wa5 Gunyana 1793 akamupa chinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chegeneral of brigade. Musi wa 17 Gumiguru, akabata chikamu chikuru mukukunda paHondo yeCholet, uye akatanga hushamwari hwake naJean Baptiste Kléber ari munhandare yehondo. 