Thursday, August 16, 2007

Battles of the First World War

The Battle of Mulhouse, 7-9 August 1914, was a minor French offensive in Alsace that ended with an rapid retreat in the face of a German counterattack
The Battle of Haelen, 12 August 1914, was a minor Allied victory early in the First World War, which saw a German cavalry Corps defeated by dismounted Belgian cavalrymen.
The Battle of Loos, 25 September-14 October 1915, was the British contribution to the unsuccessful Allied autumn offensives of 1915
The Second Battle of Champagne, 25 September-6 November 1915, saw the failure of the main French effort in the autumn offensive of 1915.
The Battle of Verdun, 21 February- 18 December 1916, was the longest and bloodiest battle of the First World War. It saw the failure of a German attempt to bleed the French army white

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