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The Battle of Valmy was a stunning French victory over a Prussian-led coalition army on 20 September 1792, during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). Although the battle was little more than a skirmish, it halted the coalition's invasion...

The Battle of Valmy, 20 September 1792, oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1826. National Gallery, London.

The Battle of Jemappes was a decisive battle in the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). On 6 November 1792, a French army under General Charles-François Dumouriez defeated an Austrian force...

The Battle of Neerwinden saw the major defeat of a French republican army by an allied force of Austrians and Dutch during the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the broader French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). The battle drove...

The French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) were a series of conflicts that arose from the tensions surrounding the French Revolution (1789-1799). The wars were fought between Revolutionary France and several European powers, most notably Austria...

A reconstruction of the famous windmill the French forces gathered around at the Battle of Valmy, 20 September 1792. Photo by Ketounette, June 2020.

The War of the First Coalition (1792-1797) was a continent-spanning conflict in which a coalition of European powers, including Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Spain, and several others, sought to contain and defeat Revolutionary...

With an enemy at the gates, Paris puts its prisoners to the sword...

The Battle of Wattignies was a significant battle in the War of the First Coalition, part of the wider French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). It was fought on 15-16 October 1793 between a ragtag army of the First French Republic and a professional...

Portrait of French General Charles-François Dumouriez (1739-1823), commander of the Revolutionary French armies in the battles of Valmy, Jemappes, and Neerwinden, who afterwards defected to the Austrians. Portrait by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard...