Battle of Charleroi
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| Battle of Charleroi | |||||||
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| Part of World War I | |||||||
= Map of the battle of Charleroi |
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| Combatants | |||||||
| German Empire | France | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Karl von Bülow, Max von Hausen |
Charles Lanrezac, Joseph Joffre |
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| German Second and Third Armies | French Fifth Army | ||||||
| Battles of the Frontiers |
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| Mulhouse – Lorraine – The Ardennes – Charleroi – Mons |
The Battle of Charleroi, or the Battle of the Sambre (1914), was fought on August 21, 1914, between French and German forces. The French were planning an attack across the Sambre River, when the Germans launched an attack of their own. The Germans were victorious.
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