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The Battle of Charleroi, another of the frontier battles, was an action taking place 12–23 August 1914. The battle was joined by the French Fifth Army , advancing north towards the River Sambre , and the German Second and Third armies, moving southwest through Belgium.
First Battle of the Aisne – 1914 – World War I; Second Battle of the Aisne – 1917 – World War I; Third Battle of the Aisne – 1918 – World War I; Battle of Ajnadayn – 634 – Muslim conquest of the Levant; Battle of Akraba (632) (a.k.a. Battle of Yemama) – "Apostate Wars" Battle of Alalia – 535 BCE – Greek–Punic Wars
The Battle of Lorette Hill was a series of military engagements between the armies of Germany and France on the Western front of World War I, lasting from October 1915 to September 1915. The fighting took place neat the Notre Dame de Lorette chapel on the Coquaine Hill, Pas-de-Calais in north-western France .
The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle that Changed the World. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6671-1. Humphries, M. O.; Maker, J. (2013). Der Weltkrieg: 1914 The Battle of the Frontiers and Pursuit to the Marne. Germany's Western Front: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War (Part 1). Vol.
The Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army was formed in August 1914 and deployed on the Eastern Front. It suffered heavy casualties during the Brusilov Offensive. [1] The 4th Army was disbanded in March 1918. The Fourth Army participated in numerous battles during the war including: Battle of Komarów (August 1914) Battle of Rawa (September 1914)
This found and destroyed Spee's force at the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Glasgow, having escaped the battle, steamed south for three days at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h), passing through the Straits of Magellan. Canopus—warned by Glasgow ' s messages—turned about and headed back at the best speed she could manage, 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h). On ...
1032 – According to one hypothesis, battle at Iron Gate mentioned in Russian chronicles was a naval battle, where Novgorod fleet tries to reach Tallinn Bay, but is defeated by Estonians. [ 2 ] 1035–1036 – Last Arab corsair raids against the Aegean islands are repulsed by the Byzantines
The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia , while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv ) and, for approximately ...