Battle of Lorraine
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For the World War II Battle of Lorraine, see Lorraine Campaign.
The Battle of Lorraine (14 August – 7 September 1914) was a battle on the Western Front during the First World War. The armies of France and Germany had completed their mobilisation, the French with Plan XVII, to conduct an offensive through Lorraine and Alsace into Germany and the Germans with Aufmarsch II West, for an offensive in the north through Luxembourg and Belgium into France, supplemented with attacks in the south to prevent the French from transferring troops to the greater threat in the north.
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Battle of Lorraine | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Frontiers on the Western Front of the First World War | |||||||
Western Front, 2 August 1914 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen Rupprecht of Bavaria Josias von Heeringen |
Auguste Dubail Noël de Castelnau Ferdinand Foch | ||||||
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6th Army | Second Army | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
66,500 | |||||||
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