In January 1794, the plan proposed by Turreau was adopted for the Vendee Militaire, located between the southern part of the departments of the Maine-et-Loire and the Loire-Inférieure and the northern part of the department of the Vendée. This plan was twofold : to confiscate the grain from the region and to subdue the population at war since March 1793. To implement it, Turreau relied on eleven columns commanded by generals, among them, General Huché. On two occasions, in March and in July 1794, Huché clashed with local civil authorities and found himself in an awkward position with the new program of pacification introduced in the Spring of 1794. The case of general Huché defines the jurisdiction and the power of the civil and military authorities during the Civil War. It was also an illustration of the Terror in the provinces, and in those departments here under investigation.