Although300Frenchand200Prussiansonlywerekilledinthisbattle，ithadverysignificantresults。Thefactthatanarmyreputedinvinciblehadbeenforcedtoretreatgaveboldnesstotheyoungrevolutionarytroops，andeverywheretheytooktheoffensive。InafewweeksthesoldiersofValmyhadchasedtheAustriansoutofBelgium，wheretheywerewelcomedasliberators。
ButitwasundertheConventionthatthewarassumedsuchimportance。Atthebeginningof1793theAssemblydeclaredthatBelgiumwasunitedtoFrance。FromthisresultedaconflictwithEnglandwhichlastedfortwenty—twoyears。
AssembledatAntwerpinApril，1793，therepresentativesofEngland，Prussia，andAustriaresolvedtodismemberFrance。ThePrussiansweretoseizeAlsaceandLorraine；theAustrians，FlandersandArtois；theEnglish，Dunkirk。TheAustrianambassadorproposedtocrushtheRevolutionbyterror，``byexterminatingpracticallythewholeofthepartydirectingthenation。’’InthefaceofsuchdeclarationsFrancehadperforcetoconquerortoperish。
Duringthisfirstcoalition，between1793and1797，Francehadtofightonallherfrontiers，fromthePyreneestothenorth。
Attheoutsetshelostherformerconquests，andsufferedseveralreverses。TheSpaniardstookPerpignanandBayonne；theEnglish，Toulon；andtheAustrians，Valenciennes。ItwasthenthattheConvention，towardstheendof1793，orderedagenerallevyofallFrenchmenbetweentheagesofeighteenandforty，andsucceededinsendingtothefrontiersatotalofsome750，000