19 October 1514
Marriage
Meets his new wife Princess Margaret for the 1st time
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Abbeville in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Meets his new wife Princess Margaret for the 1st time
Advises the Anglo-French War Council it should distract Germany's invasion of Poland
Hosts the first Anglo-French Supreme War Council after Poland is invaded.
Advises against large-scale offensive action after the Saar advance stalls.
Launches a counterattack in the region of Laon with 80 tanks to destroy the communication of the German armoured troops
The Germans had massed the bulk of their armoured force in Panzer Group von Kleist, which attacked through the comparatively unguarded sector of the Ardennes and achieved a breakthrough at Sedan with air support. Holds the Germans up at Abbeville. Appointed temporary general
Appointed temporary general
Appointed temporary general
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