Maquis de Rieumes Montastruc Savès without sustaining any wounded. The Maquis carried out operations until the liberation of Muret on 20 August 1944. A stele of gratitude to the people of Savères and Lautignac was constructed at the edge of the forest. Maquis de Rieumes The Maquis de Rieumes was one of the maquis groups of French resistance fighters during the Second World War. In 1942, the "Juge d'instruction" of Muret, André Reboul, along with other patriots, founded the group which in 1944 would become the Maquis de Rieumes. In 1943, the group reinforced itself and was joined by, among others, Jules Delattre,
Maquis du Limousin the military operations and Gontran Royer for the Mouvements unis de la Résistance, the best known figures in the Maquis du Limousin were Edmond Michelet and André Malraux —who later both became ministers of Charles de Gaulle—, Roger Lescure, Louis Lemoigne, René Vaujour and Marius Guedin. Jacques Renouvin, André Delon, Martial Brigouleix, Raymond Farro and Florentin Gourmelen, also prominent maquisards in Limousin, were killed during the war. The Maquis du Limousin was led from Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges. The maquis was split into several main sectors: Maquis du Limousin The Maquis du Limousin was one of the largest Maquis groups of