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BATTLE OF ARDENNES

The Battle of Ardennes was an inconclusive battle of the Great War, fought in the Ardennes region of France. French armies, which had been positioned in the region of Stenay and along the Sambre River to meet the German threat from the east, began an offensive on August the 20th, 1914. As a result of serious tactical errors, the French Third Army, headed by General Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, suffered heavy casualties. The German command failed to take advantage of its superior position, and between August 23rd and 25th both the French and German armies withdrew.
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