What the records say
- When
- Aug 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.25° N, 4.90° E
- Description
- 1914 battle in WWI
Battle of Dinant
Battle in WWI
The Battle of Dinant was an engagement fought by French and German forces in and around the Belgian town of Dinant in the First World War, during the German invasion of Belgium. The French Fifth Army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) advanced into Belgium and fought the Battle of Charleroi (21–23 August) and Battle of Mons (23 August), from the Meuse crossings in the east, to Mons in the west.
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