Great Retreat (1914)

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The Great Retreat of 1914 was a major early World War I withdrawal of Allied forces on the Western Front, during which French and British armies fell back from advancing German troops before regrouping for the First Battle of the Marne.

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Great Retreat (1914) canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign ⓘ
military retreat ⓘ
aim to avoid encirclement by advancing German forces ⓘ
to regroup for a counter-offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Retreat on the Western Front ⓘ
belligerent French Third Republic ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause Allied defeats in the Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
German advance through Belgium ⓘ
characteristic continuous rearguard actions ⓘ
heavy Allied casualties ⓘ
rapid Allied withdrawal over several hundred kilometers ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
consequence exposed German right flank before the Marne ⓘ
set conditions for Allied counter-attack at the Marne ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1914-09 ⓘ
followedBy First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
followedByEvent First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
follows Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
hasPart French Army retreat to the Marne ⓘ
Retreat of the British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
involves British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Fifth Army ⓘ
French Fourth Army ⓘ
location Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
mainTheater Western Front ⓘ
militaryFront Western Front ⓘ
notableCommander Alexander von Kluck ⓘ
Joseph Joffre ⓘ
Karl von Bülow ⓘ
Sir John French ⓘ
opponent German 1st Army ⓘ
German 2nd Army ⓘ
German 3rd Army ⓘ
partOf Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
precededByEvent Battle of Charleroi ⓘ
Battle of Mons ⓘ
result Allied strategic withdrawal ⓘ
stabilization of Allied line on the Marne ⓘ
startTime 1914-08 ⓘ
strategicContext German Schlieffen Plan offensive ⓘ
linked to: Schlieffen Plan
timePeriod August–September 1914 ⓘ
typeOfAction strategic withdrawal ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Fifth Army → notableBattle → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Charleroi → partOf → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Guise → phaseOf → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) → notableEngagement → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
subject linked to: British Expeditionary Force
Mons 1914 → partOf → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
II Corps → engagement → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ
II Corps on the Western Front → engagedIn → Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ