French First Army (1914–1918)
Army · France · from August 2, 1914
Auguste Dubail's army invaded Lorraine in 1914; under Eugène Debeney it attacked beside the British at Amiens in 1918.
View on map Fought in World War I
Engagements 4
- August 14 – September 7, 1914 Battle of Lorraine
- July 31 – November 10, 1917 Battle of Passchendaele
- August 8–12, 1918 Battle of Amiens (1918)
- September 29 – October 2, 1918 Battle of the St Quentin Canal
Movements
- August 20, 1914 Defeated at Sarrebourg Battle of Lorraine Map
- September 1, 1914 – June 30, 1917 Holds the Vosges (approximate) Map
- July 31, 1917 – November 10, 1917 Attacks on the British left at Bixschoote Battle of Passchendaele Map
- April 10, 1918 – August 7, 1918 Holds south of Amiens near Montdidier Map
- August 8, 1918 Attacks beside the British Fourth Army Battle of Amiens (1918) Map
- September 29, 1918 Takes Saint-Quentin Battle of the St Quentin Canal Map
- November 11, 1918 Near Guise at the Armistice (approximate) Map