Battle of Lorraine
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The Battle of Lorraine was an early World War I engagement on the Western Front in August 1914, in which French and German forces clashed in northeastern France as part of the initial French offensive into Alsace-Lorraine.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Lorraine canonical | 4 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lorraine campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Lorraine Offensive
|
| belligerent |
France
ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | French offensive into Alsace-Lorraine ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| combatant |
French Army
ⓘ
German Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Albert I of Bavaria
ⓘ
Noël de Castelnau ⓘ Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form:
Ruprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
Édouard de Castelnau ⓘ |
| conflictOf | World War I ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | August 1914 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1914-09-07 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
First Battle of the Aisne
ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne ⓘ |
| front | Franco-German front ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Franco-German rivalry over Alsace-Lorraine ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early phase of World War I ⓘ |
| involves |
artillery bombardments
ⓘ
large-scale infantry assaults ⓘ trench warfare in later stages ⓘ |
| location |
Alsace-Lorraine
ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ northeastern France ⓘ |
| militaryFront | Western Front ⓘ |
| notableFor |
French offensive into German-held territory
ⓘ
German defensive operations in Lorraine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of the Frontiers
ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front of World War I
|
| partOfOperation |
Plan XVII
ⓘ
surface form:
French Plan XVII
|
| precededBy | French offensive in Alsace ⓘ |
| regionContested | Alsace-Lorraine ⓘ |
| result | German defensive victory ⓘ |
| sideObjective | recapture of Alsace-Lorraine by France ⓘ |
| startDate | 1914-08-14 ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome |
halt of French offensive in Lorraine
ⓘ
stabilization of the front in Lorraine ⓘ |
| theatre | Western Front ⓘ |
| typeOfAction | offensive and counter-offensive operations ⓘ |
| year | 1914 ⓘ |
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