Valmy
20 September, 1792
At
this battle a mixture of French regulars and conscripts,
under General Francois Kellerman,
faced an army of Brunswick veterans.
Although
twice the number of the enemy, the French were unsure of
the loyalty of the pre-revolution trained troops and the
courage of the newcomers.
The
Duke of Brunswick's regulars, however, did not get to prove
their superiority as excellent shelling from the highly
skilled French artillery kept them at bay and eventually
forced them from the field.
Casualities
for both sides were about 300 men.
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