Battle of Charleroi
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The Battle of Charleroi or the Battle of the Sambre, was fought on 21 August 1914, by the French Fifth Army and the German 2nd and 3rd armies, during the Battle of the Frontiers. The French were planning an attack across the Sambre River, when the Germans attacked first, forced back the French from the river and nearly cut off the French retreat by crossing the Meuse River around Dinant and getting behind the French right flank. The French were saved by a counter-attack at Dinant and the re-direction of the 3rd Army to the north-west in support of the 2nd Army, rather than south-west.
1914
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Battle of the Sambre
Belgium,
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Location: 50.4109, 4.4442, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1914-08-21T00:00:00Z
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1914 Battle of Charleroi
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| event | armed conflict | 1622 | Battle of Fleurus | Holy Roman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1667 | Siege of Charleroi | Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1672 | Siege of Charleroi | Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, siege | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Fleurus | battle | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1815 | Battle of Waterloo | battle, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Hanover, First French Empire, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prussia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Charleroi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Gembloux | battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort de Malonne | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Suarlée | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortified Position of Namur | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1888 | Fort de Saint-Héribert | military museum, fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Caillou Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Walking Hunters Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Donjon de Bierbais | keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Donjon de Villeret | keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Salamandre | keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Simone | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Wir fahren hier im Feindesland zum Wohle für das Vaterland, Charleroi 1914-1915 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | French pick up dead near Charleroi LCCN2014697854 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Aldebert Charleroi | Commons | ||
| commons | image | German street barricade in Charleroi Belgium 1914 by Martin Frost | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battles of Mons and Charleroi, 21-23 August 1914 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battle of the Sambre (Charleroi-Mons) August 1914 | Commons | ||





