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| 1914 | Battle of Albert, 1st |  |
| 20th Sep Albert 1st day of the battle of Albert between the Germans & French for the "race to the sea" |
| 30th Sep Albert The 6th Army comes to Kluck's assistance & the French are driven back |
| 30th Sep Albert The French consolidate & become entreched in a line from Albert to Nyon |
| 1914 | Battle of Marne, 1st | |
| 5th Sep Meaux Begins when the French 6th Army & German IV Reserve Corps clash in the Meaux hills |
| 5th Sep Meaux Hills Begins when the French 6th Army & German IV Reserve Corps clash in the Meaux hills |
| 5th Sep River Marne Begins when the French 6th Army & German IV Reserve Corps clash in the Meaux hills |
| 6th Sep River Marne A decisive German breakthrough results in a general retreat |
| 6th Sep River Marne The French 6th Army attacks German 1st Army's flank |
| 9th Sep River Marne Kluck & Bulow retreat when the British begin to cross the Marne |
| 15th Sep River Marne The front is established alog the Aisne, Vesle, Argonne, Meuse hills, Moselle & Vosges |
| 15th Sep River Marne Trench warfare begins |
| 10th Oct River Marne Defeated by Joffre, Germany is retreats from Paris to the Soissons -Rheims line |
| 1914 | Battle of Mons | |
| 23rd Aug Mons Orders 150,000 soldiers to attack British positions |
| 23rd Aug Mons The German 1st Army suffer heavy losses but force the British to retreat |
| 1914 | Battle of St Quentin | |
| 30th Aug St Quentin Prevents the French 5th Army from capturing St Quentin |
| 1914 | Invasion of France | |
| 29th Aug River Somme Kluck crosses the Somme |
| 1st Sep River Oise Kluck crosses the Oise |
| 1st Sep Crepy en Valois Kluck reaches Crepy-en-Valois, 30 miles from Paris |
| 1st Sep Villers Kluck reaches Villers -Cotterets, 30 miles from Paris |
| 2nd Sep River Marne Kluck crosses the Marne |
| 3rd Sep Paris Advances the First Army to within 50 km east of Paris |
| 5th Sep Follows orders to withdraw his troops & join up with the 2nd Army |
| 1914 | Siege of Paris | |
| 10th Oct River Marne Defeated by Joffre, Germany is retreats from Paris to the Soissons -Rheims line |
