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Valmy (välmē`), village (1993 est. pop. 293), Marne dept., NE France, in the Argonne region. The "cannonade of Valmy," a Franco-Prussian artillery skirmish, was fought near there on Sept. 20, 1792. This was the first important engagement in the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary Wars, wars occurring in the era of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era, the decade of 1792–1802. The wars began as an effort to defend the Revolution and developed into wars of conquest under the empire. ..... Click the link for more information. . Although heavy rain brought an inconclusive halt, the encounter revealed the superiority of French artillery. Valmy battle fought between French and Prussians (1792). [Eur. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 259] See : Battle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners invested in Valmy through its first European real estate fund, Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners I. The site is a strategic prow-like corner plot in Place Valmy, an urban square in some need of civic propriety. For he opens his book with Goethe's account of his experience at the Battle of Valmy, where a professional Prussian army was soundly beaten in short order by France's revolutionary peasants. |
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