Battle of Valmy

When

20 Sep 1792

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.08° N, 4.77° E

Description

1792 battle during the War of the First Coalition

1792 battle during the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Cannonade of Valmy, was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed the French Revolution. The battle took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Valmy – The French revolutionary army defeats the Prussians under the Duke of Brunswick after a 7-hour artillery duel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Salle du Manège in Paris tritt der Nationalkonvent zu seiner ersten Sitzung zusammen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française à la bataille de Valmy sur la Prusse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Вальми”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Austria y Prusia declaran la guerra a Francia, y son vencidos en Valmy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “瓦爾密戰役，法軍在凡爾登以南的瓦爾密擊潰普奧聯軍。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ヴァルミーの戦い：デュムリエらのフランス軍がプロイセン軍の進撃を阻止（従軍したゲーテが「ここから、そして今日から世界史の新しい時代が始まる」と記す）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the First Coalition20 Apr 1792 · War