23 août 1914 - Final german attack on Charleroi
Description:
Fighting continued on 23 August when the French centre around Charleroi began to fall back.The 3rd Army crossed the Meuse and attacked the French right flank, held by I Corps. The attack threatened to cut the line of retreat of the Fifth Army but I Corps stopped the German advance with a counter-attack. With the evacuation of Namur and news of the Fourth Army retreat from the Ardennes, Lanrezac ordered the Fifth Army to withdraw, lest he be encircled and cut off from the rest of the French army. The German army was victorious.
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Date:
23 août 1914
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 111 ans