1st Army (German Empire)
Army · German Empire · from August 2, 1914
The right flank of the 1914 invasion under Alexander von Kluck, whose turn east of Paris opened the gap used at the Marne; re-formed on the Somme in 1916 under Fritz von Below.
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Movements
- July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- August 17, 1914 – August 18, 1914 Assembles north of Liège Map
- August 20, 1914 Enters Brussels Map
- August 23, 1914 Battle of Mons Meets the British at Mons Map
- August 26, 1914 Battle of Le Cateau Attacks II Corps at Le Cateau Map
- September 4, 1914 Crosses the Marne east of Paris Map
- September 6, 1914 First Battle of the Marne Turns west against Maunoury on the Ourcq Map
- September 13, 1914 – July 18, 1916 First Battle of the Aisne Holds north of the Aisne (headquarters dissolved September 1915) Map
- September 28 – October 10, 1914 Siege of Antwerp (1914)
- October 1–4, 1914 Battle of Arras (1914)
- July 19, 1916 – March 15, 1917 Battle of the Somme Re-formed under Fritz von Below on the northern Somme Map
- October 1 – November 11, 1916 Battle of the Ancre Heights
- April 16, 1917 – July 14, 1918 Nivelle offensive Holds the hills east of Reims Map
- April 16 – May 9, 1917 Second Battle of the Aisne
- May 27, 1918 – June 6, 1918 Third Battle of the Aisne Map
- July 15, 1918 Second Battle of the Marne Attacks east of Reims Map
- November 11, 1918 Retreating toward the Meuse at the Armistice (approximate) Map