Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1792, pakutanga akaiswa mukutungamira kwemauto eAustria anosvika 50 000 muUpper Rhine Valley. MunaAugust, mauto ake akayambuka Rhine neMannheim, ndokutora rutivi mukuputika kweThionville, paMoselle, mukuvamba kwaSeptember. Kunyange zvazvo mauto evapanduki evamwe akabata Longwy nyore nyore musi wa 23 August uye zvishoma nezvishoma akafamba achienda kuVerdun, iyo yakanga isingadziviriki zvikuru kupfuura Longwy. Muchinda weBrunswick zvino akatanga kufamba kwake achienda kuParis ndokusvika kumhenderekedzo dzorwizi rwaArgonne. Pamwe chete neuto raCondé nemauto eHessian, chikamu chesimba rake, 15 000, chakafukidza rutivi rworuboshwe (rwokumaodzanyemba) rwekufambira mberi kwePrussian paValmy
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