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Battles of Stalluponen and Gumbinnen
These were the first battles of the Eastern Front. Following the initial action of the German Eighth Army at Stalluponen on the 17th of August, the battle of Gumbinnen was started by General Prittwitz. Encouraged by General Francois gaining 3,000 Russian prisoners at Stalluponen, Prittwitz attacked Rennenkampf’s forces at Gumbinnen. -
Battle of Tannenburg
Russian General Samsonov began to take his Second Army into East Prussia while General Rennenkampf advanced to the north with the First Army. They planned to combine in assaulting General Prittwitz’s German Eighth Army. Rennenkampf altered this plan after defeating the Eighth Army at the Battle of Gumbinnen. -
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First Battle of Marne
Germana commander Kluck saw that his armies were too weak from Moltke taking troops to Russia and he was now too delayed by the British. So Kluck chose to go straight to Paris. -
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
After hearing of Samsonov’s defeat, Rennenkampf retreated to a better position. A beginning German attack began on September 7th launched from either side of the southern lakes. The Russian army dispersed and Hindenburg proceeded towards the main body of the Russian forces. -
First Battle of Ypres.
The attacks began on October 31st. German cavalry drove a British cavalry unit from Messines Ridge. After this, Germans faced Haig’s First Corps. The British rifle fire was so rapid that the Germans believed it to be machine gunfire. -
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Retreating, Russians were attacked by the Tenth Army on their right flank on the 9th of February. Siever’s XX Corps held out in the Forest of Augustow. This resistance allowed the other 3 Russian corps to escape. -
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Gallipoli
The First attack was on February 19thm 1915 using British battleships headed by Carden to attack the outer fortresses. -
Second Battle of Ypres
On April 22nd, chlorine gas was used against the French Algerian and territorial division following an artillery bombardment. The Germans released a second batch of chlorine gas two days later, on 24 April, this time directed against Canadian troops situated north-east of Ypres and again prefaced by a sharp artillery bombardment. -
Festubert and Givenchy
On May 23rd and 24th, Canadians attacked on open ground. 2,468 were killed or wounded. -
Battle of Verdun
Joffre received news of the attack planned for February 12th, which actually began on the 21st. The defenders of Verdun numbered 200,000 against a million Germans. Crown Prince Wilhelm opening the battle with 1,400 guns packed along the eight-mile front, the guns well served by good nearby railway facilities. -
St. Eloi Craters
On March 27th, the British exploded 6 huge mines under the germans at St. Eloi. April 3rd to 4th saw the canadian second division relieved. -
Battle of Jutland
On May 31st, Admiral Beatty attacked the weaker German equivalent under hipper and chased them south to the rest of the fleet. Beatty fled north followed by dreadnoughts. -
Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood
On June 2nd, a bombardment was released against the Canadians. The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles had only 76 survived unwounded. -
Battle of the Somme
Originally planned as a french-british offensive, Joffre conviced Haig to begin the battle of July 1st to divert German attention from Verdun. -
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Battle of Cambrai
The reputations of the tanks had dwindled. Lieutenant-Colonel fuller of the Tank corps recommended an assault on drier land. Haigh denied the attack plan to continue at passchendaele and turned back to fuller and byng's plans when passchendaele saw little progress. -
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Second Battle of Marne.
German Chief-Of-Staff Ludendorff attacked at Flanders. This was launched on the back of a previous offensive towards paris to recapture chemin des Dames ridge en route, which was lost in the 1917 Nievelle's offensive.
