CATHELINEAU, JACQUES 0759-1793), French Ven dean chieftain during the Revolution, was born on Jan. 5, at Tin-en-Manges, Maine-et-Loire. In the first years of the Revolution, Cathelineau listened to the exhortations of Catholic priests and royalist émigrés, and joined the insurrection provoked by them against the revolutionary government. Collecting a band of peasants and smugglers, he took the chateau of Gallais, where he captured a cannon, christened by the Vendeans the "Missionary"; he then took the towns of Chemille, Cholet, Vihiers and Chalonnes (March, 1793). His companions com mitted atrocities which brought upon them terrible reprisals on the part of the Republicans. Meanwhile Cathelineau's troops increased, and he combined with the other Vendean chiefs, such as N. Stofet and Gigot d'Elbee, taking the towns of Beaupreau, Fontenay and Saumur. The first successes of the Vendeans were due to the fact that the Republicans had not expected an in surrection. When the resistance to the insurgents became more serious differences arose among their leaders. To avoid these rivalries, it is thought that Cathelineau was named generalissimo of the rebels, though his authority over the undisciplined troops was not increased by the new office. In 1793, all the Royalist forces tried to capture Nantes. Cathelineau entered the town in spite of the resistance of Gen. J. B. Clanclaux, but he was killed, and the Vendean army broke up. Numerous relatives of Cathelineau also perished in the war of La Vendee. (See also VENDEE and CHOUANS.) See C. Port, "La Legende de Cathelineau" in the review La Revolu tion Francaise, vol. xxiv. (1893).