Duhoux's Republican column advanced southwest from Angers and encountered Vendean defenders led by his nephew Pierre at the bridge (French: pont) over the Layon River.

The rebels held their ground until reinforcements under Piron La Varenne arrived and gained the upper hand.

Dominique Piron de La Varenne, victorious the day before at the Battle of Coron arrived with reinforcements of cavalry and infantry.

The Republicans lost all their artillery and the nobleman Duhoux was later suspected of treason and of deliberately causing the defeat of his troops in favor of his nephew.

The commissioner Pineau de Breuil later presided over the burial of those killed in the battle and counted 1,362 Republican bodies.