Battles
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The Western Front
Updated - Saturday, 27 March, 2004
This section contains summaries of the actions, battles and offensives conducted along the Western Front from 1914-18.
Included are the tremendous offensives at Verdun and the Somme, along with the three Aisne offensives along the Chemin des Dames. Lesser-known actions at Lorraine, Charleroi and Antwerp are also detailed, as are the two climactic Battles of the Marne.
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 Battle
of Liege, Opened 5 August 1914 |
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Battle
of the Frontiers, Opened 5
August 1914 |
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Battle
of Mulhouse, Opened 7 August
1914 |
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Battle
of Haelen, Opened 12 August
1914 |
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Invasion
of Lorraine, Opened 14 August
1914 |
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Battle
of the Ardennes, Opened 21
August 1914 |
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Battle
of Charleroi, Opened 21 August
1914 |
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Siege
of Namur, Opened 21 August 1914 |
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Battle
of Mons, Opened 23 August 1914 |
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Capture
of Dinant, Opened 23 August 1914 |
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Siege
of Maubeuge, Opened 25 August 1914 |
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Destruction
of Louvain, Opened 25 August 1914 |
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Battle
of Le Cateau, Opened 26 August
1914 |
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Battle
of Guise, Opened 29
August 1914 |
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First
Battle of the Marne, Opened 6
September 1914 |
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First
Battle of the Aisne, Opened 12
September 1914 |
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First
Battle of Albert, Opened 25
September 1914 |
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Siege
of
of Antwerp, Opened 28 September
1914 |
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First
Battle of Arras, Opened 1 October
1914 |
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First
Battle
of Ypres, Opened 14 October
1914 |
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First
Battle
of Ypres (Second Account), Opened 14 October
1914 |
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Battle
of the Yser, Opened 18 October
1914 |
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Raid
on Scarborough and Hartlepool, Opened
16 Dec
1914 |
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Battle
of Givenchy, Opened 18 December
1914 |
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First
Battle of Champagne, Opened 20
December 1914 |
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Battle
of Neuve-Chapelle, Opened 10
March 1915 |
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Second
Battle of Ypres, Opened 22
April 1915 |
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Battle
of Festubert, Opened 15 May
1915 |
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Battle
of Loos, Opened 25 September
1915 |
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Battle
of Verdun, Opened 21 February
1916 |
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Battle
of the Somme, Opened 1 July
1916 |
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Battle
of Bazentin Ridge, Opened 14
July 1916 |
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Battle
of Delville Wood, Opened 15
July 1916 |
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Battle
of Pozieres Ridge, Opened 23
July 1916 |
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Battle
of Guillemont, Opened 3
September 1916 |
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Battle
of Flers-Courcelette, Opened 15
September 1916 |
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Battle
of Vimy Ridge, Opened 9
April 1917 |
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Second
Battle of the Aisne, Opened 16
April 1917 |
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Battle
of Messines, Opened 7 June 1917 |
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Third
Battle of Ypres, Opened 31 July
1917 |
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Third
Battle of Ypres (2), Opened 31 July
1917 |
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Battle
of Passchendaele, Opened 31
July 1917 |
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Battle
of Cambrai, Opened 20 November 1917 |
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Third
Battle of the Aisne, Opened 27
May 1918 |
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Battle
of Cantigny, Opened 28 May 1918 |
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Battle
of Chateau-Thierry, Opened 3
June 1918 |
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Battle
of Belleau Wood, Opened 6 June
1918 |
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Battle
of Le Hamel, Opened 4 July
1918 |
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Second
Battle of the Marne, Opened 15
July 1918 |
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Battle
of Havrincourt, Opened 12
September 1918 |
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Battle
of Epehy, Opened 18 September
1918 |
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'Strafing' is attacking ground troops by machine guns fired from low-flying aircraft. |
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