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Battle of Verdun (1792)
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date20 August 1792
LocationVerdun, present-day France
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Flag of France (1790-1794) Kingdom of the French Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Beaurepaire Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel


The first Battle of Verdun was fought on August 20, 1792, between French Revolutionary forces and a Prussian army during the opening months of the War of the First Coalition. The Prussians were victorious, gaining a clear westward path to Paris.[1]

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  1. Parker, Geoffrey (2008). The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-521-73806-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=yqNj5BlEMtcC&pg=PA195. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
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