Painting of the Battle of Valmy by Horace Vernet from 1826. The white-uniformed infantry to the right are regulars while the blue-coated ranks to the left represent the citizen volunteers of 1791. The Moulin de Valmy was burnt on the orders of Kellermann on the day of the battle.
Kingdom of Prussia Holy Roman Empire Army of Condé
Commanders and leaders
Charles François Dumouriez François Christophe Kellermann
Duke of Brunswick Prince of Hohenlohe Count of Clerfayt
Strength
36,000
34,000
Casualties and losses
~300
~200
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Location within Europe
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War of the First Coalition (List)
Porrentruy
Quiévrain
Marquain
Tuileries
Verdun
Thionville
Valmy
Lille
Mainz
Jemappes
Sardinia
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Den Helder
Siegburg
Altenkirchen
Wetzlar
Kircheib
1st Kehl
Malsch
Neresheim
Amberg
Newfoundland
Würzburg
Limburg
2nd Kehl
Biberach
Ireland
Fishguard
Neuwied
Diersheim
Flanders campaign
Chouannerie
Mediterranean campaign
War in the Vendée
War of the Pyrenees
Italian campaigns
East Indies Theatre
Rhine campaign of 1793–94
Atlantic campaign
Rhine campaign of 1795
Rhine campaign of 1796
Anglo-Spanish War
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. Generals François Kellermann and Charles Dumouriez stopped the advance near the northern village of Valmy in Champagne-Ardenne.
In this early part of the Revolutionary Wars—known as the War of the First Coalition—the new French government was in almost every way unproven, and thus the small, localized victory at Valmy became a huge psychological victory for the Revolution at large. The outcome was thoroughly unexpected by contemporary observers—a vindication for the French revolutionaries and a stunning defeat for the vaunted Prussian army. The victory emboldened the newly assembled National Convention to formally declare the end of monarchy in France and to establish the French Republic. Valmy permitted the development of the Revolution and all its resultant ripple effects, and for that it is regarded by historians as one of the most significant battles in history.
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Holy Roman Empire
Army of Condé
