Battle of Arras (1914)

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The Battle of Arras (1914) was a World War I engagement on the Western Front in which French and German forces clashed around the strategic city of Arras during the early stages of the war.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Arras (1914) canonical 2
First Battle of Arras (1914) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent French Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
combatants French forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
conflictSide Allies of World War I ⓘ
Central Powers ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
date 1914 ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
followedBy trench warfare stalemate in the Arras sector ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources French ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasTerrain surrounding countryside of northern France ⓘ
urban areas around Arras ⓘ
location Arras ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
militaryCampaignContext operations in northern France in 1914 ⓘ
namedAfter Arras ⓘ
notableFeature fighting around a strategic city ⓘ
partOf Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
phaseOfWar early stages of World War I ⓘ
precededBy earlier mobile operations on the Western Front ⓘ
relatedTo First Battle of Ypres ⓘ
Race to the Sea ⓘ
result French withdrawal from advanced positions ⓘ
German tactical success ⓘ
strategicImportance control of railway junctions around Arras ⓘ
protection of the Channel ports ⓘ
strategicObjective control of communications in northern France ⓘ
defence of Arras ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Arras → wasSiteOf → Battle of Arras (1914) ⓘ
German 6th Army → notableEngagement → First Battle of Arras (1914) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Arras (1914)
Race to the Sea → includedBattle → Battle of Arras (1914) ⓘ