Hermann von Francois17 August 1914
Launches, on his own initiative and against orders, an attack against the Russian First Army at the Battle of Stalluponen
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Launches, on his own initiative and against orders, an attack against the Russian First Army at the Battle of Stalluponen
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf). Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The German First Army suffer heavy losses but force the British to retreat
Advances the First Army to within 50 km east of Paris
Marwitzs cavalry protects the flank of First Army during its retreat in the wake of the First Battle of the Marne
Mackensens Ninth Army strikes the one corps of Rennenkampfs First Army which was posted south of the Vistula and routed it, capturing 12,000 prisoners
Commands the First Army at the Battle of Yser
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