Battle of Dinant
The Battle of Dinant was an engagement fought by French and German forces in and around the Belgian town of Dinant in the First World War, during the German invasion of Belgium. The French Fifth Army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) advanced into Belgium and fought the Battle of Charleroi (21–23 August) and Battle of Mons (23 August), from the Meuse crossings in the east, to Mons in the west. On 15 August 1914, German troops captured the Citadel of Dinant which overlooked the town; the citadel was recaptured by a French counter-attack during the afternoon.
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Battle of Dinant
The Battle of Dinant was an engagement fought by French and German forces in and around the Belgian town of Dinant in the First World War, during the German invasion of Belgium. The French Fifth Army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) advanced into Belgium and fought the Battle of Charleroi (21–23 August) and Battle of Mons (23 August), from the Meuse crossings in the east, to Mons in the west. On 15 August 1914, German troops captured the Citadel of Dinant which overlooked the town; the citadel was recaptured by a French counter-attack during the afternoon.
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The Battle of Dinant was an en ...... known as The Rape of Belgium.
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1914-08-24
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German victory
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Belgium and northern France 1914
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The town of Dinant before and after the battle and massacres
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Belgian civilians massacred
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France
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Henry Victor Deligny
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Max von Hausen
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Battle of Dinant
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Belgium
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the Battle of Charleroi during the Battle of the Frontiers in the First World War
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German victory
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The Battle of Dinant was an en ...... r-attack during the afternoon.
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