French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valmy" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Valmy">Battle of Valmy</a>.<sup about="#mwt47" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_20#cite_note-8" id="mwWQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwWg">[8]</span></a></sup>
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