the initial german offensive on world war i western front was stopped in september 1914 at first battle of the marne.
the initial german offensive on world war i western front was stopped in september 1914 at first battle of the marne.
where was the initial german offensive on world war i western front stopped in september 1914?
first battle of the marne
the modern-day champagne-ardenne, bordering belgium in northeast france, covers four departments: aube, ardennes, haute-marne, and marne. this region saw much fighting in world war i (1914–1918) and many battles, of which arguably the most important were the first battle of the marne and the second battle of the marne. the first battle of the marne, also known as the "miracle of the marne", was fought between 5 and 12 september 1914. the battle effectively ended the month-long german offensive that had opened the war and the counterattack of six french field armies and the british expeditionary force (bef) along the marne river forced the german imperial army to abandon its push on paris and retreat northeast to the aisne river, setting the stage for four years of trench warfare on the western front
list of world war i memorials and cemeteries in champagne-ardennes
at the beginning of first world war 148th infantry regiment was included in the 37th infantry division of the 18th army corps in the 9th army and was stationed on southwestern front. as commander of a regiment in august–september 1914 iskritsky participated in the battle of galicia. in late august, the regiment has not yet completed redeployment, so they joined the battle in opole under lublin, covering the concentration of forces being moved to the right flank of the front of the 18th army corps. on august 21 the russian army began a general offensive, and the regiment crossed the river hodel, knocked austrian forces from their positions and captured skakuv, and then began the gave chase to a retreating enemy. in zaleszany iskritsky was wounded by a bullet in the nose, but continued to lead the fight. iskritsky he was awarded the order of st. vladimir 4th: during the battle of the vistula river, in september 1914, part of the german 9th army launched an attack on warsaw and ivanogorod. iskritsky commanded the rear guard of the 37th infantry division as part of 148th regiment kaspiyskiyskogo, hundreds of orenburg cossacks, and an artillery brigade. the german attacks failed and began a general retreat, so the russian army went on the offensive. the 148th regiment was advancing in the forefront with the caspian 37th division on the sandomierz. on october 23, the 148th regiment, under the cover of artillery, crossed the vistula river and strengthened it on the left bank, in the meantime, russian troops seized the sandomierz. in contrast sandomierz austrians still hold beachhead on the right bank of the vistula, you can create a threat to the flank of the 37th division. to eliminate the bridgehead division commander andrew medardovich zaionchkovskii formed the sandomierz detachment under the command of iskritsky, which consisted of 145th novocherkassk regiment, 148th regiment of the caspian and the four divisional artillery batteries, the vanguard detachment amounted to 2 battalion of the caspian shelf, and a platoon of sappers. in late october, a detachment of the enemy beachhead eliminated. during the fighting on the vistula, iskritsky was awarded the order of st. vladimir 3rd. iskritsky year was appointed commander of the pavlovsky regiment. the regiment was part of the 2nd brigade 2nd guards infantry division 1st guards corps 12th army north-western front. during the przasnysz operation at the beginning of february 1915, the pavlovsky regiment was transferred under the lomza. the first battalion of the regiment in the bayonets took kastanovo. on the morning of february 9 the germans launched an offensive east of jedwabne. suffering heavy losses, up to several hundred people a day, the regiment held the position to delay the german offensive and wear down their counterattacks. during the fighting at jedwabne, iskritsky was awarded the order of st. stanislaus 1st class with swords and was promotion to major general with the statement in the post.
yevgeni iskritsky