What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1914 – 6 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 49.00° N, 6.00° E
- Location
- Lorraine, French and Belgian Ardennes
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- Germany vs France Belgium United Kingdom
Battle of the Frontiers
Series of battles; part of the Western Front of World War I
The Battle of the Frontiers comprised battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The battles resolved the military strategies of the French Chief of Staff General Joseph Joffre with Plan XVII and an offensive adaptation of the German Aufmarsch II deployment plan by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.
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