In this early part of the Revolutionary Wars -- known as the War of the First Coalition -- the new French government was in almost every way unproven .
Thus the small , localized victory at Valmy became a huge psychological victory for the Revolution at large .
In this early part of the Revolutionary Wars -- known as the War of the First Coalition -- the new French government was in almost every way unproven , and thus the small , localized victory at Valmy became a huge psychological victory for the Revolution at large .