On 7 August 1914 a French corps attacked towards Mulhouse in Alsace and was immediately thrown back by the Germans. On 14 August, two weeks before Tannenberg an
The riveting true story of America's first modern military battle, its first military victory during World War One, and its first steps onto the world stage At
Though not so famous as the battles of Tannenberg or the Marne, the fight between the French and German armies at Alsace and Lorraine marks the first battle of
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be
For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in Worl