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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. L'Alsace et les Combats des Vosges 1914–1918: Le Balcon d'Alsace, le Vieil-Armand, la Route des Crêtes [Alsace and the Vosges Battles 1914–1918: The Balcony of Alsace, Old-Armand and the Ridge Road]. Guides ...
On 7 August 1914, the French VII Corps (General Bonneau) captured Mulhouse but were forced out three days later by German counter-attacks. Bonneau was dismissed by Joffre and the VII Corps was expanded, becoming the Armée d'Alsace under command of Paul Pau. The reinforcements were 44th Division; 55th Reserve Division; 58th Reserve division
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A series of encounter battles began between the German, French and Belgian armies on the German–French frontier and in southern Belgium on 4 August 1914. The Battle of Mulhouse (Battle of Alsace 7–10 August) was the first French offensive of the First World War against Germany. The French captured Mulhouse until forced out by a German ...
Plan XVII (pronounced [plɑ̃ dis.sɛt]) was the name of a "scheme of mobilisation and concentration" which the French Conseil Supérieur de la Guerre (the peacetime title of the French Grand Quartier Général) developed from 1912 to 1914, to be put into effect by the French Army in the event of war between France and Germany.
3 August – Germany declares war on France. 9 August – Battle of Mulhouse begins, the opening attack of World War I by the French army against Germany. 26 August – Allies withdraw from Le Cateau to Saint-Quentin, after Battle of Le Cateau. 29 August – French Fifth Army attack St. Quentin. 30 August – French Fifth Army retreat from St ...
This cemetery at Altkirch in the Haut-Rhin contains the remains of 1,785 soldiers from the 1914-1918 war. 1,734 are Frenchmen of whom 912 lie in two ossuaries. The cemetery was created in 1920 to receive bodies from fighting south east of Mulhouse and from the village areas of Ballersdorf , Friesen , Illzach , Lutterbach , Sierentz and Zillisheim .
Formed at the outbreak of World War I, 7th Army formed the extreme left (southern) wing of the German Armies on the Western Front.During the execution of the French Plan XVII, the 7th Army covered Alsace, successfully repulsing the French attack in the Battle of Lorraine.