What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.72° N, 5.49° E
- Description
- 1914 battle of the First World War
- War
- World War I
Battle of Rossignol
1914 battle of the First World War
The Battle of Rossignol one of the first battles of the First World War, was part of the Battle of the Frontiers on the Western Front between the German and French armies. To counter the German invasion of Belgium, the French commander-in-chief, General Joseph Joffre, ordered an attack upon the centre of the German front.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Belgique : combats de Rossignol”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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