Schematic plans · World War I (Western Front 1914)
Invasion of Lorraine
- 15 August – 22 August 1914
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:FranceGermany
Losses in these engagements
- France
- 87,120 lostin 2 engagements
- Germany
- 43,880 lostin 2 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alsace-Lorraine I | 15 Aug – 20 Aug | Fr 1st & 2nd Armies, Army of Alsace457,000 men | Ger 6th &7th Armies345,000 men | 65,340 / 32,880 | Germany won |
| 2. | Alsace-Lorraine II | 20 Aug – 22 Aug | Ger 6th & 7th Armies350,000 men | Fr 1st & 2nd Armies & Army of Alsace400,000 men | 11,000 / 21,780 | Germany won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.