Siege of Maubeuge (1914)

Houses, road, fences, bridge, walls and fort of Maubeuge, before the German attack.

German workers gather supplies for their country's troops in the surroundings of Maubeuge.

German troops and artillery set Maubeuge's town center on fire.

Battle of Lemberg (1914)

Center of Lvov now under the Russian Empire.

Russians take the center of Lvov from the Austrians.

Hungarian detachment fiercely attacks the Russians East of Lvov.

Battle of the Ardennes (1914)

Germans defeat the remaining French defenders and destroy their fort, completing their victory in the Battle of the Ardennes.

A group of German soldiers crosses swamps in the middle of the Ardennes forest.

French camp during the Battle of the Ardennes;

Battle of Tannenberg (1914)

German artillery parked close to one of the lakes of Olsztyn, during the Battle of Tannenberg.

Russian cavalry counters German artillery.

German fort in Allenstein, during the Battle of Tannenberg.

Battle of Charleroi (1914)

Prussian and Hessian elite divisions of the German Army trap and kill a group of Belgians who collaborated with the French.

Unit of the French Army surrounded by the Germans;

France cavalry fleeing, after having been pushed away by Prussian infantry.

Battle of Stallupönen (1914)

Russians guard Nesterov's downtown area.

Germans beat the Russians in skirmish in Eastern Prussian forest.

A German division marches near Nesterov.

Battle of Cer (1914)

Austro-Hungarians take down Serbian Garrison across the Kolubara.

Serbs and Austro-Hungarians fight each other iin the Battle of the Cer.

Serbian defenses hold the Austro-Hungarians across the Kolubara River, by the town of Valjevo.

Battle of Togoland (1914)

Ghanaian colonial troops surround and slaughter Togolese Askari in Northwestern Togo.

Fierce fight between Germans and Entente troops North of Lomé.

Germans attack British stronghold in Western Togo.

Britons and Germans skirmish in Togo jungle.

French Army and Dahomey colonial troops march in Togo.

Battle of Lorraine (1914)

Germans overrun the French in Lorraine.

Germans cross the Rhein.

German troops take position in front of French outpost in Lorraine.

German cavalry chases French ambuisher during the Battle of Lorraine

Battle of Mulhouse (1914)

Germans defeat a much bigger French army in Alsace.

German division blocks bridge in Alsace.

French tiers unit patrols the bushes of Alsace.

Battle of Liège (1914)

Germans fight off the Belgian army in the bushes surrounding Liège.

Liège's downtown prior to German attack.

German artillery destroys Belgian Fort Namur