The Race to the Sea took place from 17 September to 19 October 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the Frontiers and the German advance into France. The invasion had been stopped at t
Franco-German flanking moves, 15 September – 8 October 1914
German and Allied positions, 23 August – 5 September 1914
The Battle of the Yser was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal,
Depiction of combat between Belgian and German forces
Belgian soldiers pictured during the retreat towards Antwerp in August 1914
Fall of Antwerp and the Allied retreat, 1914
Captains of the French Fusiliers marins at the Yser