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Battles - All by Date

French soldiers in Alsace using a trench periscope This section contains details of actions, battles and offensives fought during World War One on all fronts.

These include landmark battles fought at Tannenberg (on the east), Aisne, Verdun and the Somme (on the west), along the Isonzo (Italy) and at Jutland (at sea).

The sidebar to the right allows you to view actions by theatre; currently you can choose to sort battles fought on the Eastern, Western, Gallipoli, Italian, Palestine and Mesopotamian fronts; plus the African Wars and encounters fought at sea.

Additional entries are added periodically.

Engagement Date
ArticleBattle of Liege Opened 5 August 1914
ArticleBattle of the Frontiers Opened 5 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Mulhouse Opened 7 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Haelen Opened 12 August 1914
ArticleInvasion of Lorraine Opened 14 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Stalluponen Opened 17 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Gumbinnen Opened 20 August 1914
ArticleBattle of the Ardennes Opened 21 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Charleroi Opened 21 August 1914
ArticleSiege of Namur Opened 21 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Mons Opened 23 August 1914
ArticleCapture of Dinant Opened 23 August 1914
ArticleSiege of Maubeuge Opened 25 August 1914
ArticleDestruction of Louvain Opened 25 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Le Cateau Opened 26 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Tannenberg Opened 26 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Heligoland Bight Opened 28 August 1914
ArticleBattle of Guise Opened 29 August 1914
ArticleSiege of Tsingtao Opened 2 September 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of the Marne Opened 6 September 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of the Masurian Lakes Opened 9 September 1914
ArticleBattle of Bita Paka Opened 11 September 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of the Aisne Opened 12 September 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of Albert Opened 25 September 1914
ArticleBattle of Sandfontein Opened 26 September 1914
ArticleSiege of Antwerp Opened 28 September 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of Arras Opened 1 October 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of Ypres Opened 14 October 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of Ypres (Second Account), Opened 14 October 1914
ArticleBattle of the Yser Opened 18 October 1914
ArticleBattle of Coronel Opened 1 November 1914
ArticleBattle of Tanga Opened 3 November 1914
ArticleCapture of Basra Opened 5 November 1914
ArticleBattle of Qurna Opened 3 December 1914
ArticleBattle of the Falkland Islands Opened 8 December 1914
ArticleRaid on Scarborough and Hartlepool Opened 16 December 1914
ArticleBattle of Givenchy Opened 18 December 1914
ArticleFirst Battle of Champagne Opened 20 December 1914
ArticleBattle of Dogger Bank Opened 24 January 1915
ArticleBattle of Bolimov Opened 31 January 1915
ArticleDefence of the Suez Canal Opened 3 February 1915
ArticleSecond Battle of the Masurian Lakes Opened 7 February 1915
ArticleInitial Dardanelles Bombardment Opened 19 February 1915
ArticleBattle of Neuve-Chapelle Opened 10 March 1915
ArticleAttempt to Force the Narrows Opened 18 March 1915
ArticleBattle of Shaiba Opened 11 April 1915
ArticleSecond Battle of Ypres Opened 22 April 1915
ArticleLandings at Helles & Anzac Cove Opened 25 April 1915
ArticleFirst Battle of Krithia Opened 28 April 1915
ArticleCounter-attack at Eski Hissarlik Opened 1 May 1915
ArticleSecond Battle of Krithia Opened 6 May 1915
ArticleBattle of Festubert Opened 15 May 1915
ArticleTurkish attack at Anzac Cove Opened 19 May 1915
ArticleCapture of Amara Opened 31 May 1915
ArticleThird Battle of Krithia Opened 4 June 1915
ArticleBattles of the Isonzo Opened June 1915-October 1915
ArticleFirst Battle of the Isonzo Opened 23 June 1915
ArticleBattle of Nasiriyeh Opened 27 June 1915
ArticleBattle of Gully Ravine Opened 28 June 1915
ArticleAttack on Achi Baba Opened 12 July 1915
ArticleSecond Battle of the Isonzo Opened 18 July 1915
ArticleLandings at Suvla Bay Opened 6 August 1915
ArticleBattle of Lone Pine Opened 6 August 1915
ArticleBattle of Sari Bair Opened 6 August 1915
ArticleBattle of the Nek Opened 6 August 1915
ArticleBattle of Hill 60 Opened 21 August 1915
ArticleBattle of Scimitar Hill Opened 21 August 1915
ArticleBattle of Loos Opened 25 September 1915
ArticleCapture of Kut-al-Amara Opened 28 September 1915
ArticleBattle of Es Sinn Opened 28 September 1915
ArticleThird Battle of the Isonzo Opened 18 October 1915
ArticleFourth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 10 November 1915
ArticleBattle of Ctesiphon Opened 2 November 1915
ArticleSiege of Kut-al-Amara Opened 7 December 1915
ArticleEvacuation of Gallipoli Opened 18 December 1915
ArticleBattle of Sheikh Sa'ad Opened 6 January 1916
ArticleBattle of the Wadi Opened 13 January 1916
ArticleBattle of Hanna Opened 21 January 1916
ArticleBattle of Verdun Opened 21 February 1916
ArticleBattle of Dujaila Opened 8 March 1916
ArticleFifth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 9 March 1916
ArticleBattle of Lake Naroch Opened 18 March 1916
ArticleFirst Battle of Kut Opened 5 April 1916
ArticleBattle of Asiago Opened 15 May 1916
ArticleTrentino Offensive Opened 15 May 1916
ArticleBattle of Jutland Opened 31 May 1916
ArticleBattle of Lutsk Opened 4 June 1916
ArticleBattle of Khanaqin Opened June 1916
ArticleBattle of the Somme Opened 1 July 1916
ArticleBattle of Bazentin Ridge Opened 14 July 1916
ArticleBattle of Delville Wood Opened 15 July 1916
ArticleBattle of Pozieres Ridge Opened 23 July 1916
ArticleBattle of Romani Opened 3 August 1916
ArticleSixth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 6 August 1916
ArticleBattle of Gorizia Opened 6 August 1916
ArticleBattle of Guillemont Opened 3 September 1916
ArticleSeventh Battle of the Isonzo Opened 14 September 1916
ArticleBattle of Flers-Courcelette Opened 15 September 1916
ArticleEighth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 10 October 1916
ArticleNinth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 1 November 1916
ArticleSecond Battle of Kut Opened 13 December 1916
ArticleBattle of Khadairi Bend Opened 9 January 1917
ArticleBattle of Nahr-al-Kalek Opened 26 February 1917
ArticleCapture of Baghdad Opened 11 March 1917
ArticleSamarrah Offensive Opened 13 March 1917
ArticleSeizure of Falluja Opened 19 March 1917
ArticleFirst Battle of Gaza Opened 26 March 1917
ArticleBattle of Jebel Hamlin Opened 25 March 1917
ArticleBattle of Vimy Ridge Opened 9 April 1917
ArticleBattle of Shiala Opened 11 April 1917
ArticleSecond Battle of the Aisne Opened 16 April 1917
ArticleSecond Battle of Gaza Opened 17 April 1917
ArticleBattle of Istabulat Opened 21 April 1917
ArticleBattle of the Boot Opened 30 April 1917
ArticleTenth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 12 May 1917
ArticleBattle of Otranto Straits Opened 14 May 1917
ArticleBattle of Messines Opened 7 June 1917
ArticleThird Battle of Ypres Opened 31 July 1917
ArticleThird Battle of Ypres (2) Opened 31 July 1917
ArticleBattle of Passchendaele Opened 31 July 1917
ArticleEleventh Battle of the Isonzo Opened 19 August 1917
ArticleBattle of Ramadi Opened 28 September 1917
ArticleTwelfth Battle of the Isonzo Opened 24 October 1917
ArticleBattle of Caporetto Opened 24 October 1917
ArticleThird Battle of Gaza Opened 31 October 1917
ArticleBattle of Beersheba Opened 31 October 1917
ArticleCapture of Tikrit Opened 5 November 1917
ArticleBattle of Mughar Ridge Opened 13 November 1917
ArticleBattle of Cambrai Opened 20 November 1917
ArticleFall of Jerusalem Opened 8 December 1917
ArticleRaid on Zeebrugge Opened 23 April 1918
ArticleThird Battle of the Aisne Opened 27 May 1918
ArticleBattle of Cantigny Opened 28 May 1918
ArticleBattle of Chateau-Thierry Opened 3 June 1918
ArticleBattle of Belleau Wood Opened 6 June 1918
ArticleBattle of the Piave River Opened 15 June 1918
ArticleBattle of Le Hamel Opened 4 July 1918
ArticleSecond Battle of the Marne Opened 15 July 1918
ArticleBattle of Havrincourt Opened 12 September 1918
ArticleBattle of Epehy Opened 18 September 1918
ArticleBattle of Vittorio Veneto Opened 23 October 1918
ArticleBattle of Sharqat Opened 29 October 1918

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