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Battle of Le Cateau
1914
26-27 August 1914
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World War I (Western Front)

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Driven out of Mons by German commander Alexander von Kluck, Sir John French’s badly outnumbered British Expeditionary Force retreated west and General Horace Dorien-Smith made a bold stand at Le Cateau. The delaying action cost very heavy losses to both sides and a French attack to the south at Guise further aided the Allied withdrawal towards the Marne.


   
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