A report on First Battle of the Aisne
The Allied follow-up offensive against the right wing of the German First Army (led by Alexander von Kluck) and the Second Army (led by Karl von Bülow) as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in September 1914.
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First Battle of the Marne
4 linksBattle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.
Battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.
The German armies ceased their retreat after 65 km on a line north of the Aisne River, where they dug in on the heights and fought the First Battle of the Aisne.
Race to the Sea
4 linksThe Race to the Sea (Course à la mer; Wettlauf zum Meer, Race naar de Zee) took place from about 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the Frontiers and the German advance into France.
The Race to the Sea (Course à la mer; Wettlauf zum Meer, Race naar de Zee) took place from about 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the Frontiers and the German advance into France.
The invasion had been stopped at the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September) and was followed by the First Battle of the Aisne (13–28 September), a Franco-British counter-offensive.
British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
3 linksThe six-divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.
The six-divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.
By the end of 1914—after the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Aisne and Ypres—the existent BEF had been almost exhausted, although it helped stop the German advance.
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
2 linksSenior British Army officer.
Senior British Army officer.
Sir John initially thought (14 September) that the enemy was only "making a determined stand" on the Aisne.
Battle of the Yser
2 linksBattle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium.
Battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium.
During the siege of Antwerp, the German and French armies fought the Battle of the Frontiers (7 August – 13 September) and then the German armies in the north pursued the French and the BEF southwards into France in the Great Retreat, which culminated in the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September), followed by the First Battle of the Aisne (13–28 September).
Chemin des Dames
1 linksPart of the route départementale (local road) D18 and runs east and west in the Aisne department, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2 (Laon to Soissons), and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny.
Part of the route départementale (local road) D18 and runs east and west in the Aisne department, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2 (Laon to Soissons), and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny.
First Battle of the Aisne (1914) – Anglo-French counter-offensive following the First Battle of the Marne.
Trench warfare
1 linksType of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
Type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
After the Battle of the Aisne in September 1914, an extended series of attempted flanking moves, and matching extensions to the fortified defensive lines, developed into the "race to the sea", by the end of which German and Allied armies had produced a matched pair of trench lines from the Swiss border in the south to the North Sea coast of Belgium.
Bourg-et-Comin
0 linksCommune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The German army held the high ground to the north known as the Chemin des Dames and resisted two attacks by the French army to dislodge them in 1914 and 1917; and then used the high ground to launch a surprise offensive in 1918.
Third Battle of the Aisne
1 linksBattle of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Forces arrived completely in France.
Battle of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Forces arrived completely in France.
The Germans held the Chemin des Dames Ridge from the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 to 1917, when General Mangin captured it during the Second Battle of the Aisne (in the Nivelle Offensive).
Vailly British Cemetery
0 linksWar cemetery at Vailly-sur-Aisne, France, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
War cemetery at Vailly-sur-Aisne, France, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Most of the men interred at Vailly were killed in the Battle of the Aisne in September 1914.