Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1792, pakutanga akapiwa basa rokutungamirira mauto eAustria anosvika 50 000 aiva 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 divi reruboshwe (kumaodzanyemba) rekufambira mberi kwePrussian pa
Valmy.