Battle between the British Expeditionary Force in the First German Army General Alexander von Kluck. This is the last game of the Battle of the Borders, and the first involving British troops on European soil since the Crimean War in 1856.
August, 23 1914
The Battle of Mons
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg (Stębark today in Poland) takes place from 26 to 29 August 1914 between the German Eighth Army and the 1st and 2nd Russian armies.
Each of the Russian armies had 400,000 men while the Germans have only 200,000 at the beginning of the battle, but then reinforced by two corps from the West.
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