BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS AUGUST 1914 BOOK SHOP BATTLES TIMELINE WEAPONS BLOG FULL INDEX CONCEPTS COUNTRY DOCUMENTS PICTURES MAPS FOLLOW TWEET THE BATTLE FRONTIERS FRANCE STRETCHING SWISS FRONTIER MONS SAW GERMAN ARMIES WORLD MARKS PERIOD THE GERMAN BELGIUM FRENCH BORDERS FORCE RETREAT PARIS THE MARNE MASSIVE GERMANS COMMITTED SEVEN COMPARISON BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TINY STRONG THE BRITISH REGULARS EFFECTIVENESS SOMEWHAT OVERALL MADE UP LORRAINE THE ARDENNES SAMBRE CHARLEROI THE OPENING PHASE THE WAR THE GERMANS LUXEMBOURG ATTACK ADVANCE ALMOST WAITING THE RIGHT MOMENT LAUNCH COUNTERATTACK 20 AUGUST FORCED STARTING POINT REACHED 23 AUGUST OFFENSIVE OUTFLANK THIS TIME FRENCH TROOPS HEAD ON MAKING UP HINGE MEUSE RUNNING SOUTH WEST THE THIRD BATTLES OF THE FRONTIERS FRENCH FIFTH ARMY GENERAL CHARLES LANREZAC KARL VON BULOW MAX VON HAUSEN WORRIED POTENTIAL FOR SOME GENERAL JOFFRE FIFTH ARMY NORTHERN THE FRENCH LINE ENOUGH NORTH JOFFRE MOVE THE LINE SAMBRE RIVER 21 AUGUST TROOPS BRIDGES INFORMATION THE RIVER GIVE TRUE INDICATION HOW MANY CROSSED THIS WAS THE NEXT DAY ATTACKED CROSSING DEVELOPED ORDER WIDER FIGHTING THE AFTERMATH ASKED SIR JOHN FRENCH BELIEVED FLANK HOLD THE LINE CANAL WISE CHOICE ACTUALLY LONGER PAST BRITISH POSITION FIRST ARMY ALEXANDER VON KLUCK HEADING STRAIGHT BRITISH INFANTRY DIVISIONS VON KLUCK FOURTEEN OUTNUMBERED FULLY PROFESSIONAL ARMY TRAINED FIRE FIFTEEN SHOTS ACCURACY SPEED RIFLE FACING MASSED MACHINE THE ONLY ON THE WESTERN FRONT THE EQUALS DIGGING EXPERTISE HIGH COST BOER BRITISH REGULARS SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES AT THE END OF THE DAY II CORPS THE EAST THE MORNING OF 24 AUGUST STRATEGY GERMANY ASIDE RESISTANCE BORDER WERE READY BEGIN SOUTH THE NEXT TWO WEEKS STOP THE MOST EXPENSIVE SIZE IMPACT THE COURSE VICTORY MIGHT STALLED ENTIRE LEFT DANGEROUS PLAN SWEEP TO COME SCHLIEFFEN ENVELOP DESTROY WING HAVE TO WHICHEVER CHOSEN EXPOSED ARMY PASS FAIL CONTACT BOOKS THE FIRST WORLD WAR SUBJECT FIRST WORLD WAR HOW TO CITE SAVE DELICIOUS HELP SEARCH RECENT ABOUT US READER JOIN GOOGLE GROUP COOKIES