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The Guns of August (published in the UK as August 1914) is a 1962 book centered on the first month of World War I written by Barbara W. Tuchman. After introductory chapters, Tuchman describes in great detail the opening events of the conflict. The book's focus then becomes a military history of the contestants, chiefly the great powers.
The Couillet Treaty details the heavy war reparations imposed by the Imperial German Army on the Belgian town of Charleroi and its surrounding communes, in retaliation for the action allegedly carried out by francs-tireurs against its soldiers as they entered Charleroi. On 22 August 1914, during the Battle of Charleroi at the start of World War ...
August. 4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in World War I. 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège. 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914) 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914) 21 August – Battle of Charleroi; 23 August – Massacre at Dinant. 25 August – Burning of Leuven University ...
German advance through Belgium, August 1914. The Fifth Army retreat after the Battle of Charleroi, arguably saved the French army from decisive defeat, as it prevented the much sought envelopment of the Schlieffen plan. After fighting another defensive action in the Battle of St Quentin, the French were pushed to within miles of Paris.
Region Province Municipality Population Length of N5 (km) Brussels Capital Region City of Brussels: 188737 1.0 Saint-Gilles: 48837 1.5 Ixelles: 87052 1.1 Uccle: 85099 6.2 Flanders
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Map of the Charleroi fortress (c. 1775) by Joseph de Ferraris. The vigilance which was thus exercised along both the Anglo-allied and Prussian line of outposts, obtained for Wellington and Blücher the fullest extent of information which they could reasonably have calculated on receiving respecting the dispositions of Napoleon immediately prior ...