French Army » French Third Army (1914–1918)
Army · France · from August 2, 1914
Pierre Ruffey's army in the Ardennes in 1914, then the holder of the Argonne; in 1918 it stopped the German advance on the Oise.
Recorded for World War I.
Engagements 3
Movements
- Defeated near Longwy and Virton (Battle of the Ardennes) · map
- Holds west of Verdun (First Battle of the Marne) · map
- Holds the Argonne (approximate) · map
- Plugs the gap at Noyon (Operation Michael) · map
- Holds the Matz · map
- Advancing at the Armistice (approximate) · map