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	First Battle of the Aisne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Battle of the Aisne was the Allied follow-up offensive against the right wing of the German First Army (led by Alexander von Kluck) and Second Army (led by Karl von Bülow) as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in September of 1914.
		When the two German armies arrived at the Aisne, they were reinforced by the 7th army (led by Josias von Heeringen), and commenced setting up defensive positions in trenches along the Aisne's northern banks, with their main defences based on the Chemin des Dames ridge.
		There were two later battles on the Aisne; The Second Battle of the Aisne (April-May 1917) and the Third Battle of the Aisne (May-June 1918).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Aisne (434 words)

	Third Battle of the Aisne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Third Battle of the Aisne was a German offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Force could arrive in France.
		The Germans had held the Chemin des Dames Ridge from the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914 to 1917, when General Mangin captured it during the Second Battle of the Aisne (in the Nivelle Offensive).
		The defence of the Aisne area was in the hands of General Denis Auguste Duchene, commander of the French 6th army; in addition, four divisions of the British IX Corps, led by Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hamilton Gordon, held the Chemin des Dames Ridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Aisne (726 words)

	ooBdoo
		Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
		Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		Aisne borders the Ardennes Forest and Belgium to the northeast.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Aisne (306 words)

	1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- The Pursuit to and Battle of The Aisne, 1914
		The Pursuit to and Battle of The Aisne, 1914.
		The slopes of the plateau overlooking the Aisne on the north and south are of varying steepness, and are covered with numerous patches of wood, which also stretch upwards and backwards over the edge on to the top of the high ground.
		Thus closed the Battle of the Aisne, and so far as the 1st and 4th Middlesex Regiments were concerned, neither Battalion had much of the excitement of battle; the enemy's shell fire causing most of the casualties, of which, however, there are no records in the official diaries.
	freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/aisne1914.htm (1359 words)

	World War One Battles
		The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories.
		The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.
		The battle began with a nine-day German offensive that was only halted with the arrival of French reinforcements and the deliberate flooding of the Belgian front.Belgian troops opened the sluice gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles1.htm (15644 words)

	The Battle of the Aisne
		On the north bank of the wide, sluggish Aisne is a continuous steep slope, along the top of which runs an ancient road known as the Chemin des Dames.
		The war diary of the 1st South Wales Borderers on the Aisne is an excellent and graphic illustration of the fighting.
		The Aisne was, for the British, a case of sending infantry in small groups up the slopes in an attempted frontal attack on entrenched German defences.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat4.htm (1423 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The First Battle of the Aisne, 1914
		The First Battle of the Aisne was a follow-up offensive by the Allied forces against the right wing of the German First and Second armies (under von Kluck and von Bulow) in retreat after September 1914's First Battle of the Marne.
		As it was, the progress of the Allied forces, British and French, was slow, owing to fatigue and to caution.
		Two further battles took place at the Aisne, during April-May 1917 (the Second Battle of the Aisne), and May-June 1918 (the Third Battle of the Aisne).
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/aisne1.htm (496 words)

	1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- Trench Warfare on the Aisne, 1914
		Thus it will be seen that the British infantry had chiefly to rely upon their prowess with the rifle, and so successful were they that long before the Aisne was reached, the German soldier had become inspired with a wholesome dread of his opponent's rifle fire.
		At 9.30 p.m., however, the Battalion paraded and, crossing the Aisne by pontoon bridge, took over bivouacs previously occupied by the A. and S. Highlanders, 1,000 yards north of the bridge, the latter Battalion being ordered to Bucy in support of the 10th and 11th Brigades of the 4th Division.
		The position on the Aisne had, by the beginning of October, become that off "stale-mate." The opposing forces had settled down to defensive action, their defences growing gradually stronger.
	freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/aisneTrenches.htm (970 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of the Aisne, 1918
		Battles: The Third Battle of the Aisne, 1918
		The focus of the offensive was the Chemin des Dames Ridge, held by the Germans upon their retreat from the Marne in September 1914 until their ejection, at huge cost to the French, during the Nivelle Offensive, also known as the Second Battle of the Aisne, in April 1917.
		At the time of the offensive the front line of the Chemin des Dames was held by four divisions of the British IX Corps, ironically sent from Flanders in early May in order to recuperate.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/aisne3.htm (574 words)

	physics - Battle of the Aisne
		The Battle of the Aisne is the name of three battles fought along the Aisne River in northern France during the First World War.
		Second Battle of the Aisne (16 April–9 May, 1917) - main component of the Nivelle Offensive.
		Third Battle of the Aisne (27 May–6 June, 1918) - third phase (Operation Blücher) of the German Spring Offensive.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Battle_of_Aisne (92 words)

	The Great War - Western Front - James Mowbray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Battle of the Ardennes; French 3rd and 4th Armies strike the pivot of the Schlieffen Plan turning movement formed by the 4th and 5th German Armies; French forced to retire.
		Battle of the Sambre [River]; French 5th Army is repulsed while attempting to move into the Sambre-Meuse angle by the German 2nd and 3rd Armies; French forced to retreat.
		Battle of Cambrai saw the introduction of large scale tank employment, with 200 British tanks leading the attack, which they led so far that the infantry couldn't keep up, and almost all were lost through fuel exhaustion and lack of supports.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/mowbray/gw-west.htm (1520 words)

	BBC - History - Battle of the Marne: 6-10 September 1914
		The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One.
		The German northern wing was weakened further by the removal of 11 divisions to fight in Belgium and East Prussia.
		The counterattack of the French 5th and 6th Armies and the BEF developed into the First Battle of the Marne, a general counter-attack by the French Army.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/worldwars/wwone/battle_marne.shtml (525 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The peaceful serene valley of the Aisne with its great houses, small villages and farms was now to experience the first of many battles during the next four years.
		At Vailly sur Aisne, troops crossed on planks spanning the gaps between the piers of the destroyed bridge.
		Joffre agreed to cooperate and the takeover began on October 1st; the last battalions leaving on October 16th.The BEF was not sorry to leave the Aisne, little realising that it was to suffer its virtual destruction during the First battle of Ypres in October and November.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/aisne.htm (2583 words)

	1918, March 21-April 5. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The Allied counteroffensive was of importance because it frustrated Ludendorff's plan for a great attack in Flanders, and because it enabled Foch to take the initiative in the months to come.
		After the second battle of the Marne the Allied forces, together with the Americans, gradually went over to a sustained offensive, consisting at first of a series of local attacks but later merging into a general movement.
		The resulting blows, together with the news of the surrender of Bulgaria, shook the nerve of Gen. Ludendorff, who, in something of a panic, demanded (Sept. 29) that the government initiate armistice and peace negotiations while the army could still hold out.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1781.html (584 words)

	Trench Warfare on the Aisne
		But, if this is so, the fighting is naturally on a scale which as to extent of ground covered and duration of resistance, makes it undistinguishable in its progress from what is known as a "pitched battle," though the enemy certainly showed signs of considerable disorganization during the earlier days of their retirement phase.
		Whether it was originally intended by them to defend the position they took up as strenuously a they have done, or whether the delay, gained for them during the 12th and 13th by their artillery, has enabled them to develop their resistance and force their line to an extent not originally contemplated cannot be said.
		On Sunday, the 20th, nothing of importance occurred until the afternoon, when there was a break in the clouds and an interval of feeble sunshine, which was hardly powerful enough to warm the soaking troops.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/1914/aisne.html (1807 words)

	1st Battle of Aisne
		After the first battle at the Marne in September, 1914, the German Army was able to deploy its forces along the north bank of the River Aisne, a tributary of the Oise.
		The French Army (5th and 6th) and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) launched a frontal assault at the Aisne on 13th September.
		The Aisne was the scene of two more important battles: 2nd Battle of the Aisne (16th April, 1917 - 9th May, 1917) and 3rd Battle of the Aisne (27th May, 1918 - 6th June, 1918).
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWaisne.htm (335 words)

	Lineage and Honors - 142nd Infantry Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BATTLE ALONG THE AISNE: On October 12-13, the regiment attacked toward the line of the Aisne (Ayn) River on the right of a four regiment/two brigade attack that advanced the American Line and eliminated a German salient south of the Aisne.
		THE VOSGES AND THE DOOR TO GERMANY: The regiment battled through the foothills of the Vosges Mountains includng the Battle for Bruyeres in October, the Foret Domaniale de Champ in November and entered the Alsatian Plains by forcing Ste Marie Pass on 25 Nov 44.
		The 142d Infantry fought the battle of Oberhoffen 1-12 February 1945, and later crossing the Zintzel River at Mertzewiller against determined German resistance.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/36division/archives/142/142lin.htm (1117 words)

	1918 Battle of the Aisne and Lys
		The 50th Division was one of only four Divisions (the others were the 19th, 21st and 25th) which took part in all three phases of the German offensive in 1918, the Battles of the Somme, the Lys and the Aisne.
		GOTO Personl account of the Battle of Rosierès by Captain Henry Armstrong of the 1/6th N.F. Final Attacks----28th march to 1st April.
		The night of the 26th saw all the battalions who were not actually in the line moving up to battle positions with their bands playing them so far on up the road'.
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	World War I Victory Medal
		Battle clasps are bronze bars one eighth of an inch high by one and a half inches wide.
		These service clasps are one eighth of an inch high and one and a half inches wide, with the name of the country in which the service was performed inscribed thereon.
		A bronze star, three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, was authorized for wear on the service ribbon of the Victory Medal in lieu of any battle clasps (which were attached to the full medal but could not otherwise be represented on the service ribbon).
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	Berlin (City) - Battle of berlin (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Finely honed German infantry tactics combined with a furiously concentrated artillery bombardment, operating under a sky dominated by the 'Jagdgeschwader' of the VII German army, had proved to be a deadly alloy.
		Indeed, to the British 8th, 19th, 21st 25th and 50th Divisions arriving in the area bound by the Chemin des Dames route way to the North and the Aisne and Vesle rivers to the South; this proved to be no such refuge.
		By mid May most of these units had began to familiarise themselves with this new sector, which apart from the areas immediately adjacent to the Battle Zone, with its fair share of villages reduced to battered ruins and shell-blasted woodlands, was remarkably untouched by the ravages of war.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/aisne3.htm (456 words)

	World War I
		Contained within the tables of this article are details of the principle encounters of the war; a compilation of the primary battles and campaigns of 1914-18.
		Ardennes: (1) Battle of the Ardennes, 1914, (2) Battle of the Frontiers - Lorraine and Ardennes
		Battle Ever, (3) Verdun by Lord Northcliffe, (4) Battle of Verdun 1916, (5) Battle of Verdun 1916, (6) Verdun from Spartacus Educational, (7) Verdun 1914 - 1918, (8) 21st February - 18th December 1916 - The Battle of Verdun from Western Front Association
	www.42explore2.com /ww1battles.htm (1826 words)

	Infantry in Battle
		INFANTRY IN BATTLE was prepared by the Military History and Publications Section of The Infantry School under the direction of Colonel George C. Marshall.
		Although the battle had been in progress only a few hours, the battalion commander knew neither the location of his own front line nor that of the enemy.
		In the Battle of Guise, on August 29, 1914, initial contact on the front of the German Guard Corps seems to have been made by the corps signal battalion which, through error, marched into the enemy lines.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/iib_iji/iib_iji.asp (20900 words)

	The Forgotten Boys of the Aisne Battlefields
		Much further south are the battlefields of the Aisne and the Marne, larger in extent, partly to do with the fact that the clash of continental armies had greater space in which to manoeuvre.
		The Aisne passage is one of the main gateways to Paris from the East.
		The Aisne River had been breached by the Germans in this attack on 27th May 1918, and along the line of advance other memorials and cemeteries, both British, French and German are testimony to this fact.
	www.fairmile.fsbusiness.co.uk /aisne.htm (1563 words)

	The 1st Battle of Marne - The First World War - September 1914
		During This battle, such was the need for extra men on the front lines).
		Hoping to take advantage of the German retreat to the Aisne the Allies launched a series of offensives against German positions their on 13th September.
		By the end of September it was realised that frontal attacks on the German defenses would lead to very high casualty figures and the assault drew to a close.
	www.schoolshistory.org.uk /Year9/firstworldwar/1914/september.htm (448 words)

	The Battle of Le Cateau
		Frank Boileau, of Royal Engineers and on staff of 3rd Division, died on 27th August 1914 of wounds received on the days before this battle and is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery.
		Lt-Col George Ansell, OC 5th Dragoon Guards, was killed on 1st September 1914 at Verberie and is buried in the French National cemetery in that village.
		A number of the actions in retreat were identified by the Battles Nomencalture Committee as being worthy of note: this is the list, together with the order of battle.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat2.htm (712 words)

	French Military Victories
		Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), Gilles de Rais and Jean d'Orleans of France defeat the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Salisbury and the Duke of Suffolk.
		The battle results are inconclusive as Napoleon of France combating the powers of Russia and Prussia led by Bennigsen.
		Surrender and retreat by the French garrison to a force of Anglo-Portuguese is one of the bloodiest seiges of the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp (1412 words)

	Bloodiest Battles in History - World Affairs Board
		I think that the battle of Chalons should be taken off the list though.
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		Battle of Catalunia, between The Huns and The Romans.
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