What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 1914 – 2 Nov 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.53° N, 2.81° E
- Description
- 1914 battle
- War
- World War I
Battle of La Bassée
Battle during the First World War
The Battle of La Bassée was fought by German and Franco-British forces in northern France in October 1914, during reciprocal attempts by the contending armies to envelop the northern flank of their opponent, which has been called the Race to the Sea. The 6th Army took Lille before a British force could secure the town and the 4th Army attacked the exposed British flank further north at Ypres.
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