The Duke of York presided over the English effort in this alliance, whose two later incarnations included the involvement of Pitt the Younger.
This alliance lost a battle whose victorious general wanted to stop marching, but was led on by the advice that "free men were never too tired to fight the slaves of tyrants" -- that general was later executed for not pursuing this side as it attempted to lift the siege of Dunkirk. An unsuccessful attempt to gain support for this alliance was the circular of April 12. One immediate precursor to the formation of this alliance was the Declaration of (*) Pillnitz. The Duke of York presided over the English effort in this alliance, whose two later incarnations included the involvement of Pitt the Younger. Kellerman and Dumoriez were hailed as heroes for leading a "citizen army" against this group at the Battle of Valmy. For 10 points, name this group of European monarchies that from 1792 to 1797 sought to crush the French Revolution.
This alliance lost a battle whose victorious general wanted to stop marching, but was led on by the advice that "free men were never too tired to fight the slaves of tyrants" -- that general was later executed for not pursuing this side as it attempted to lift the siege of Dunkirk.
War of the First Coalition [or the alliance against Revolutionary France before mention] 