Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakutanga, vatongi vokuEurope vaiona kupandukira kweFrance sokurwisana kwaiitika pakati pamambo weFrance nevanhu vake. Sezvo kutaura kwechimurenga kwakakura zvikuru, madzimambo eEurope akazivisa kuti fariro dzavo dzakanga dzakafanana naLouis XVI nemhuri yake; Chirevo chePillnitz (27 August 1791) chakatyisidzira migumisiro isina kujeka asi yakakomba, kana chimwe chinhu chikafanira kuitika kumhuri youmambo. Mamiriro ezvinhu evapanduki akava akaoma zvikuru uye achiwedzera zvinetso zvavo muukama hwenyika dzakawanda, French émigrés yakaramba ichikurudzira kutsigirwa kwekupandukira. Musi waApril 20, 1792, French National Convention yakazivisa hondo kuAustria, ichitanga hondo yechipiri yenyika.
Hondo yeFirst Coalition (1792<unk>98). France yakazvirwisa nemarudzi mazhinjisa eEurope aiva nemiganhu yenyika kana kuti yemvura, pamwe chete nePortugal noUmambo hweOttoman. Pasinei zvapo nokukunda kwakati muna 1792, pakuvamba kwa 1793 mauto eFrance akanga adzingwa muBelgium, kwakanga kune kupandukira mukati meVandée pamusoro pebasa rokumanikidzirwa, kutsamwa kwakapararira kwevanhu vose kweCivil Constitution of the Clergy uye mambo weFrance akanga achangobva kuurayiwa. Mauto eFrench Republic akanga ari mumamiriro ezvinhu ekukanganiswa; zvinetso zvakava zvakanyanyisa zvichitevera kuiswa kwehuwandu hwehuwandu hwevanhu, "levée en masse", iyo yakanyanyisa hondo yakanga yatotambudzwa nezviuru zvevarume vasina kudzidza, vasina kudzidziswa. Nokuda kwevaFrench, Rhine Campaign ya1795 yakaratidza kuva yakaipa zvikuru, kunyange zvazvo vakanga vabudirira mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzehondo (ona somuenzaniso, Hondo yePyrenees (1793<unk>95)).