German Offensive in Flanders (World War I)
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Was the German offensive in the Flanders at the beginning of World War I.
Chronology
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August 1914: The French occupied Mulhouse on 8 August.
August 1914: French forces captured Mulhouse, a city in Alsace, from the German Empire. However, they were later forced out by German counter-attacks led by General August von Mackensen and Crown Prince Wilhelm.
October 1914: Race for the Sea: German forces arrive in Ypres and Baielleul.
October 1914: Changes of the Western front by 8 October 1914.
September 1914: Race for the Sea: German forces arrive in Ham.
May 1915: Second Battle of Ypres: by the end of the battle the Ypres salient was compressed, with Ypres closer to the line.
August 1914: The First and Second Armies, led by French generals Joseph Joffre and Auguste Dubail, attacked towards Sarrebourg-Morhange in Lorraine, which was then under German control. The battle resulted in the territory being occupied by France.
August 1914: Battle of Charleroi.
October 1914: Germans take Antwerp.
August 1914: The Belgian capital, Brussels, fall to the Germans.
August 1914: Armies under German generals Alexander von Kluck and Karl von Bülow attacked Belgium on 4 August 1914 and occupied Liege.
August 1914: Siege of Maubeuge.
October 1914: Race for the Sea: German forces arrive in Bapaume.
September 1914: The opposing forces in Western Europe made reciprocal outflanking manoeuvres, known as the Race for the Sea and quickly extended their trench systems from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea.
September 1914: Race for the Sea: German forces arrive in Mericourt.
September 1914: The German Army came within 70 km of Paris but at the First Battle of the Marne (6-12 September).
August 1914: The first battle in Belgium was the Siege of Liège, which lasted from 5-16 August.
August 1914: German siege at Namur that lasted from about 20-23 August.
August 1914: Battle of Mons.
August 1914: Battle of St. Quentin.
Selected Sources
Cook, C. / Stevenson, J. (2006): The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914, Routledge, p.3
Cook, C. / Stevenson, J. (2006): The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914, Routledge, p.4
