Valmy, Battle of

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During the French Revolutionary Wars, comprehensive French victory over the Prussians 20 September 1792, near Valmy, a French village about 55 km/35 mi southwest of Reims. This forthright defeat of a powerful army by the previously despised revolutionary forces set the seal upon the authority of the revolutionary French government.

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