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First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
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First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
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First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
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First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
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First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
Read More

First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
Read More

First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
Read More

First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
Read More

First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
Read More

First World War : the Marne

A hundred years ago from the 5th September to the 12th September 1914, the first battle of the Marne happened between Germany and Franco-British troops. (more…)
Read More

First World War : 29th of August 1914

On the 29th of August,  the allied powers are unable to stop the German advance on the western front. Some parts of France are already under complete German occupation. Paris, a German target,  felt threatened by this advance and the French government made the decision to leave Paris and settle in the city of Bordeaux, in the South. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 16th of August 1914k

The 16th of August 1914 is an important day in the beginning of the First World War. The totality of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force, has completed its landing in France. But hundreds of kilometers away from French soil, in the Adriatic sea, an event will mark the start of naval warfare in the First World War. (more…)
Read More

First World War: 14th of August 1914

On the 14th of August 1914, the army of Alsace launched a massive attack on German positions. The 1st and 2nd French armies attacked on the directions of Morhange and Sarrebourg where in a couple of days, massive engagements between France and Germany would occur with almost 900,000 soldiers engaged. The 14th of August is mostly spent in moving troops, with skirmishes here and there. The German forces were highly outnumbered compared to the French soldiers and several villages were abandoned at the sight of the red pants advance. The cities and towns that fell last week are taken back, Mulhouse and Thann are once again under French control. At…
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