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===Invasion of the Austrian Netherlands===
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Dumouriez prepared an invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, where he expected the local population to rise against Austrian rule. However, the revolution had thoroughly disorganized the French army, which had insufficient forces for the invasion. Its soldiers fled at the first sign of battle, deserting ''en masse'', in one case murdering General [[Théobald Dillon]].{{sfn|Holland|1911|loc=War declared against Austria}} The French soldiers were insulted, hissed, even assaulted. The situation of the "Flanders Campaign" was alarming.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howe |first=Patricia Chastain |title=Foreign Policy and the French Revolution |date=2008 |chapter=Endgame, March–December 1793 |language=en |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |pages=171–186 |doi=10.1057/9780230616882_11 |isbn=978-1-349-37213-3}}</ref>

While the revolutionary government frantically raised fresh troops and reorganized its armies, an allied army under [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick]] assembled at [[Koblenz]] on the [[Rhine]]. The invasion commenced in July 1792. The Duke then issued a [[Brunswick Manifesto|declaration]] on 25 July 1792, which had been written by the brothers of Louis XVI, that declared his [Brunswick's] intent to restore the King of France to his full powers, and to treat any person or town who opposed him as rebels to be condemned to death by martial law.{{sfn|Holland|1911|loc=War declared against Austria}} This motivated the revolutionary army and government to oppose the Prussian invaders by any means necessary,{{sfn|Holland|1911|loc=War declared against Austria}} and led almost immediately to the overthrow of the King by a crowd which [[10 August (French Revolution)|stormed]] the [[Tuileries Palace]].{{sfn|Holland|1911|loc=Rising of the 10th of August}}