First Battle of the Aisne

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World War I battle battle

The First Battle of the Aisne was a World War I engagement in September 1914 in northern France, where Allied forces pursued retreating German armies and the fighting solidified into the trench warfare that would characterize much of the Western Front.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Aisne (1914)	4
First Battle of the Aisne canonical	4
Battle of the Aisne	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alliedCommander	John French ⓘ Joseph Joffre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914)
associatedWith	development of static warfare on the Western Front ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign	1914 campaigns on the Western Front ⓘ
characterizedBy	trench warfare ⓘ
combatantsSide	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Central Powers ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	September 1914 ⓘ
endDate	1914-09-15 ⓘ
followed	First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
followedBy	Race to the Sea ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
frontLineFeature	Chemin des Dames ridge ⓘ
germanCommander	Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ Karl von Bülow ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early phase of World War I ⓘ
location	Aisne ⓘ surface form: Aisne River northern France ⓘ
notableFor	early large-scale use of entrenched defensive positions ⓘ use of pontoon bridges by Allied forces ⓘ
outcome	establishment of continuous trench lines ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ
precededBy	German retreat after the First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ French armies ⓘ German 1st Army ⓘ German 2nd Army ⓘ
region	Champagne-Ardenne ⓘ Picardy ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ stalemate ⓘ
riverCrossedByAllies	Aisne ⓘ
significance	marked the transition from mobile warfare to trench warfare on the Western Front ⓘ
startDate	1914-09-12 ⓘ
strategicObjective	pursuit of retreating German forces after the Marne ⓘ
terrain	plateau north of the Aisne River ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	offensive pursuit ⓘ
year	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

First Battle of the Marne → followedBy → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

First Battle of the Aisne → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914)

I Corps → notableOperation → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914)

Aisne 1914 → partOf → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

Aisne 1914 → relatedTo → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Aisne

II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914)

British 5th Division → participatedIn → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914)

Battle of Lorraine → followedBy → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ

Second Battle of the Aisne → precededBy → First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ