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Third Army

France · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1914–1918Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1914

Pierre Ruffey21 August 1914

Ardennes · Warfare / World War, 1st

General Pierre Ruffeys 3rd Army and, further north, General Fernand de Langle de Carys 4th Army, fought the German 4th and 5th Armies: the former led by Duke Albrecht, the latter by Crown Prince Wilhelm

Joseph Joffre23 August 1914

Ardennes · Warfare / World War, 1st

The French forces begin a disorderly retreat, the 3rd Army withdrawing to Verdun chased by the German 5th Army (where Ruffey was subsequently removed by Joffre), and 4th Army retreating near Sedan and Stenay

Fernand de Langle de Cary23 August 1914

Ardennes · Warfare / World War, 1st

The French forces begin a disorderly retreat, the 3rd Army withdrawing to Verdun chased by the German 5th Army (where Ruffey was subsequently removed by Joffre), and 4th Army retreating near Sedan and Stenay

Pierre Ruffey23 August 1914

Ardennes · Warfare / World War, 1st

The French forces begin a disorderly retreat, the 3rd Army withdrawing to Verdun chased by the German 5th Army (where Ruffey was subsequently removed by Joffre), and 4th Army retreating near Sedan and Stenay

1918

Ferdinand Foch27 March 1918

Montdidier · Warfare / World War, 1st

The French 3rd Army loses Montdidier

Names involved

Ferdinand FochFernand de Langle de CaryJoseph JoffrePierre Ruffey

Provenance

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