✦ History

Part of World War I, Battle of the Frontiers

Battle of the Ardennes

August 21–23, 1914 · Battle of the Ardennes

Result German victory

The French Third and Fourth Armies met the German Fourth and Fifth Armies head on in the Ardennes forests and lost heavily.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

France
German Empire
Pierre Ruffey military commander Fernand de Langle de Cary military commander
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince military commander Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
360,000
Casualties
17,196
Casualties
14,940

Units

4th Army (France) French Third Army (1914–1918) 5th Army Corps (France) 12th Infantry Division (France) 21st Infantry Division (France) 7th Infantry Division (France) 8th Infantry Division (France)
4th Army (German Empire) 5th Army (German Empire)