✦ History

Part of World War I, Battle of the Frontiers

Battle of Lorraine

August 14 – September 7, 1914 · Battle of Lorraine

Result German victory

The French First and Second Armies invaded German Lorraine and were thrown back at Morhange and Sarrebourg.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Other

France
German Empire
Ferdinand Foch military commander Augustin Dubail military commander Édouard de Castelnau military commander
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria military commander Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen military commander Josias von Heeringen military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
66,500

Units

1st Army (France) 2nd Army (France) 16th Infantry Division (France)
6th Army (German Empire) 7th Army (German Empire)
28th Infantry Division (United States)