✦ History

Part of World War I, Battle of the Frontiers

Battle of Charleroi

August 21–23, 1914 · Battle of Charleroi

Result German victory

The German Second and Third Armies forced Lanrezac's French Fifth Army back from the Sambre and the Meuse.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

France
German Empire
Joseph Joffre military commander Charles Lanrezac military commander
Karl von Bülow military commander Max von Hausen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
254,000
Casualties
8,000
Casualties
11,000

Units

5th Army (France) 1st Infantry Division (France) 37th Infantry Division (France) 38th Infantry Division (France)
2nd Army (German Empire) 3rd Army (German Empire)