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From: Aug 14, 1914 - Aug 24, 1914
260,000 casualties and 75,000 deaths
Countries Involved: Canada, New Zealand, India, Australia, and Africa
Who Who: Germans
Western Front
The battle of the frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. -
Aug 16, 1914-Aug 23, 1914
1,600 Casualties
The Battle of Mons was the last of four “Battles of the Frontiers” that took place over as many days on the Western Front between Allied and German forces in the opening month of World War I.
The first three at Lorraine, Ardennes and Charleroi—involved French forces under the central command of General Joseph Joffre.
Western Front
Who won: Germany
Fact: It was Britain’s first battle in western Europe for 100 years -
From: 21-23 August 1914
11,000 casualties while the French incurred approximately 30,000.
Countries Involved: 700,000 Germans, 300,000 French and 30,000 Belgians
Who Won: German Army
Western Front
The French were planning an attack across the Sambre River, when the Germans launched an attack of their own. The Germans were victorious. -
From: 23 August – 11 September 1914
655,0000 casualties
Countries Involved: Russia and Austria-Hungary
Who Won: Russians
Eastern Front
The Austro Hungarian army attacked the Russian army in Poland but was so totally defeated that they were forced to retreat out of the Galicia section of what became Poland. -
From: 26 of August to the 1st of September 1914
7,812 casualties
Countries Involved: France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom
Who Won: British Army
Western Front
The Battle of Le Cateau (29 March 1794) took place at the start of the 1794 Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. -
From: 16 November – 16 December 1914
405,000 casualties
Countries Involved: Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Who Won: Serbia
Eastern Front
It commenced on 16 November, when the Austro-Hungarians under the command of Oskar Potiorek reached the Kolubara River during their third invasion of Serbia that year, having captured the strategic town of Valjevo and forced the Serbian Army to undertake a series of retreats. -
From: 21 February-20 December 1916
698,000 casualties
Countries Involved: German Empire and The French Third Republic.
Who Won: French
Western Front
When the Battle of Verdun started on February 21st of 1916 the Germans had 140,000 soldiers near Verdun as opposed to the French who only had 30,000. This battle, which started as a German offense, took place on the wars Western Front between the German Army and the French army. -
Mar 18, 1916 - Mar 30, 1916
20,000 casualties
Countries involved: Russia, France, Great Britain and Italy
Eastern Front
Who Won: Russian Army
Fact; The Lake Naroch offensive in 1916 was an unsuccessful Russian offensive on the Eastern Front in World War I. It was launched at the request of Marshal Joseph Joffre and intended to relieve the German pressure on French forces. -
From: June 4 to June 6, 1916
130,000 casualties
Countries Involved: Germany and the Soviet Union
Who Won: Austrian troops
Eastern Front
This was the opening attack of the Brusilov Offensive under the overall command of Alexei Brusilov. The Russian 8th Army made a decisive breakthrough in the defenses of the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army in the area of the city of Lutsk in Ukraine. -
From: 9 April–16 May 1917
278,000 casualties
Countries Involved: British, Canadian, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian
Who Won: Allies
Western Front
Fact: The Battle of Arras is generally considered a British victory due to the capture of Vimy Ridge and other territorial gains, however, it did little to alter the strategic situation on the Western Front.