Battle of St. Quentin (1914)
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The Battle of St. Quentin was fought from 29 to 30 August 1914, during the First World War.
German and Allied positions, 23 August – 5 September 1914
Monument to the Fifth Army at Guise
Western Front (World War I)
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The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, the
Battle of St. Quentin (1914)
…Battle of St Quentin/Battle of Guise Part of The Great Retreat on the Western Front, during the First World War German and Allied positions, 23 August – 5 September 1914 Date 29–30 August 1914 Location Guise, France Result French victory…
Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker; A German Gotha G.IV heavy bomber; American troops with Renault FT tanks moving in the Argonne Forest to the front line during the
A 1913 French bayonet charge
The German infantry on the battlefield on 7 August 1914
A German trench on the Western Front in 1915