Battle of the Trouée de Charmes

When

26 Aug 1914

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.38° N, 6.30° E

Description

1914 battle

War

World War I

1914 battle on the Western Front of World War I

The Battle of the Trouée de Charmes or Battle of the Mortagne was fought at the beginning of the First World War, between 24 and 26 August 1914 by the French Second Army and the German 6th Army, after the big German victory at the Battle of the Frontiers, earlier in August.

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• World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000