✦ History

Battle of the Frontiers

August 7, 1914 – September 13, 1919 · Lorraine

Result German victory

French and German armies clashed along the Franco-German and Belgian borders at the start of World War I. The French offensives failed with very heavy losses, and the Allies fell back toward the Marne.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

French Third Republic

German Empire

Other

France
Belgium
United Kingdom
German Empire
Joseph Joffre military commander John French military commander Albert I of Belgium military commander
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger military commander

Strength and losses

France Casualties 329,000

United Kingdom Casualties 29,598

Units

1st Army (German Empire) 3rd Army (German Empire) 4th Army (German Empire) 6th Army (German Empire) 7th Army (German Empire) Guards Corps (German Empire) Guards Reserve Corps I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps III Reserve Corps (German Empire) III Royal Bavarian Corps IV Reserve Corps (German Empire) IX Reserve Corps (German Empire) V Reserve Corps (German Empire) VI Reserve Corps VII Reserve Corps VIII Reserve Corps (German Empire) X Reserve Corps (German Empire) XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps XIV Corps (German Empire) XIV Reserve Corps (German Empire) XV Corps (German Empire) XVI Corps (German Empire) XVIII Corps (German Empire) XVIII Reserve Corps (German Empire) XXI Corps (German Empire) 26th Division (German Empire) 28th Division (German Empire) 29th Division (German Empire) 30th Division (German Empire) 31st Division (German Empire) 39th Division (German Empire)
II Corps (German Empire) III Corps (German Empire) IV Corps (German Empire) IX Corps (German Empire) V Corps (German Empire) VI Corps (German Empire) VII Corps (German Empire) VIII Corps (German Empire) X Corps (German Empire) XI Corps (German Empire) XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps 42nd Division (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division

Battles 7

Also involved 2