5th Army (France)
Army · France · from August 2, 1914 · inactive December 31, 1918 – 1939
Charles Lanrezac's army on the Sambre in 1914, then under Louis Franchet d'Espèrey at the Marne; it held Reims for most of the war.
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Movements
- July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- August 1914 Battle of Dinant
- August 22, 1914 Battle of Charleroi Defeated on the Sambre Map
- August 29, 1914 Battle of Guise Counterattacks at Guise Map
- September 7, 1914 First Battle of the Marne Attacks at Montmirail Map
- September 13, 1914 – April 15, 1917 First Battle of the Aisne Reaches Reims Map
- April 16, 1917 – July 14, 1918 Nivelle offensive Attacks at Berry-au-Bac Map
- April 16 – May 9, 1917 Second Battle of the Aisne
- May 27 – June 6, 1918 Third Battle of the Aisne
- July 15, 1918 Second Battle of the Marne Holds south-west of Reims Map
- September 26 – November 11, 1918 Meuse–Argonne offensive
- November 11, 1918 Near Rethel at the Armistice (approximate) Map
- May 10 – June 25, 1940 Battle of France