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In addition, it was an important moral victory for the Allies. Battle of the Frontiers; The early French initiative, to capture territory lost to the Germans in the 1870–1871 Franco-Prussian War, which France started, was played out in a series of frontier battles between the Germans and the French, known collectively as the Battle of the ...
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Western: End of the Second Battle of Artois July 18–22 Western: Battle of Soissons, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. July 19 Western: Battle of Tardenois, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Politics: Honduras declares war on Germany. [24] August
The year the United States entered World War I was marked by near disaster for the Allies on all the European fronts. A French offensive in April, with which the British cooperated, was a failure, and was followed by widespread mutinies in the French armies.
[50] [51] [52] After an advance as far as 23 kilometres (14 mi), German resistance stiffened, and the battle was concluded on 12 August. [citation needed] Rather than continuing the Amiens battle past the point of initial success, as had been done so many times in the past, the Allies shifted attention elsewhere.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Battle of Albert (1914) Battle of Albert (1916) Battle of Albert (1918) Allied Troop Movements During Operation Michael; List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace; Battle of Amiens (1918) Battle of the Ancre; Battle of the Ancre (1918) Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917; Siege of Antwerp (1914) Battle of the Ardennes ...
Lists of battles fought in Africa (see also List of conflicts in Africa) List of battles in South Africa; Lists of battles fought in the Americas Lists of battles fought in U.S. states (see also Category:Battles by U.S. state): Lists of battles fought in Europe (see also List of conflicts in Europe) Last battle on British soil
Battle or campaign Order of battle Date French Revolutionary Wars; Battle of Jemappes: French and Austrian armies: November 6, 1792 Siege of Toulon: French fleet: August 29 – December 19, 1793 Battle of Tourcoing: French and Coalition armies: May 17–18, 1794 Glorious First of June: British and French fleets: June 1, 1794 Martin's cruise ...