Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gore ra1789 rakaunza French Revolution uye naro kugoverwa kwokutanga kweAlsace mumatunhu eHaut- neBas-Rhin. VaAlsace vakaita basa rinokosha muRevolution yeFrance. Musi waJuly 21, 1789, pashure pokugamuchira mashoko Okupamba kweBastille muParis, boka revanhu rakapamba imba yeguta reStrasbourg, richimanikidza vakuru veguta kuti vatize uye kuisa chiratidzo chokuguma kwehurongwa hwe feudal muAlsace. Muna 1792, Rouget de Lisle akanyora muStrasbourg rwiyo rwekufora rweRevolutionary "La Marseillaise" (se "Rwiyo rwekufora rweHondo yeRhine"), iyo yakazove rwiyo rweFrance. "La Marseillaise" yakaridzwa kokutanga muna April wegore iroro pamberi pemugari mukuru weStrasbourg Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich. Vamwe vavachinda vakakurumbira zvikurusa veRevolution yeFrance vakabvawo kuAlsace, zvikurukuru Kellermann, mukundi we
Valmy, Kléber, uyo akatungamirira mauto eFrench Republic muVandée naWestermann, avo vakarwawo muVandée.