Battle of the Frontiers

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World War I battle battle military campaign

The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of early World War I engagements in August 1914 along the French-German and Belgian borders, where initial clashes between the Allies and Germany set the stage for the subsequent Western Front stalemate.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Frontiers canonical 19
German invasion of Belgium 5
Battle of the Meuse (World War I) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Frontiers Battles ⓘ
belligerent Belgium ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
characterizedBy high casualties ⓘ
mobile warfare ⓘ
combatantSide Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allies of World War I

Central Powers ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date August 1914 ⓘ
endDate 1914-08-25 ⓘ
followedBy First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Race to the Sea ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod early phase of World War I ⓘ
historicalSignificance set the stage for trench warfare stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
location Alsace ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
notableCommander Albert I of Belgium ⓘ
Alexander von Kluck ⓘ
German Crown Prince Wilhelm ⓘ
surface form: Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany

Joseph Joffre ⓘ
Karl von Bülow ⓘ
Field Marshal Sir John French ⓘ
surface form: Sir John French
partOf Battle of the Frontiers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of Belgium

Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of France

Western Front ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Liège ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
startDate 1914-08-07 ⓘ
strategicContext Plan XVII ⓘ
Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
subBattle Battle of Charleroi ⓘ
Battle of Lorraine ⓘ
Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Mulhouse ⓘ
Battle of the Ardennes ⓘ
Battle of Charleroi ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Sambre

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Battle of the Marne → precededBy → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Meuse → historicalEventSite → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Meuse (World War I)
Battle of the Ardennes (1914) → partOf → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
French I Corps → engagement → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of Mons → campaign → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Karl von Bülow → notableEvent → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
French Fifth Army → engagement → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium
French Fifth Army → engagement → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of the Frontiers → partOf → Battle of the Frontiers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium
Joseph Joffre → participatedIn → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
The Guns of August → subject → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
The Guns of August → depicts → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium
German Second Army → participatedIn → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Aisne 1914 → relatedTo → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Front campaign of 1914
Battle of Liège → followedBy → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of Neufchâteau → partOf → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
German 4th Army → notableOperation → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
German 5th Army → engagement → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of Lorraine → partOf → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of Charleroi → partOf → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of Charleroi → precededBy → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium
Belgian neutrality → endCause → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium (1914)
Belgian neutrality → violationEvent → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium (August 1914)
Duke Albrecht of Württemberg → battle → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
German 6th Army → notableEngagement → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Siege of Antwerp → precededBy → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of Belgium
Siege of Antwerp → theatre → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian campaign of 1914
Pierre Ruffey → participatedIn → Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ