✦ History

Part of World War I

Battle of Le Cateau

August 26, 1914 · Battle of Le Cateau

Result German victory

Smith-Dorrien's II Corps stood and fought to slow the German First Army during the retreat from Mons.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

United Kingdom
France
German Empire
Horace Smith-Dorrien military commander
Friedrich Sixt von Armin military commander Georg von der Marwitz military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
2,900
Guns
162

Units

British Expeditionary Force (World War I) II Corps (United Kingdom) 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
1st Army (German Empire) II Cavalry Corps (German Empire) IV Corps (German Empire)