Edmund Burke
Burke supported the war against revolutionary France, seeing Britain as fighting on the side of the royalists and emigres in a civil war, rather than fighting against the whole nation of France. Burke also supported the royalist uprising in La Vendee, describing it on 4 November 1793 in a letter to William Windham, as "the sole affair I have much heart in". Burke wrote to Henry Dundas on 7 October urging him to send reinforcements there, as he viewed it as the only theatre in the war that might lead to a march on Paris. Dundas did not follow Burke's advice, however.
Which faction's uprising in La Vendee did Burke support?
royalist
Burke also supported the royalist uprising in La Vendee, describing it on 4 November 1793 in a letter to William Windham, as "the sole affair I have much heart in".
La Vendee