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Battle of Valmy: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date September 20, 1792
Location France
Participants France • Prussia
Context French Revolutionary wars

Photos

Francois Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), Duc de Valmy
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Timeline

Francois Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), Duc de Valmy
Battle of Valmy
September 20, 1792
Siege of Toulon
Siege of Toulon
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Key People

Dumouriez, detail of a portrait by J. Rouillard; in the National Museum of Versailles and Trianons
Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez
French general
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Prussian noble
François-Christophe Kellermann, portrait drawing by Jacques-Louis David; in the Musée de Besançon, France
François-Christophe Kellermann, duke de Valmy
French general

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