Battle of the Trouée de Charmes

Battle of the Trouée de Charmes
Part of The Battle of the Frontiers on the Western Front of the First World War

German objective
Date24–26 August 1914
Location
Between Lunéville and Charmes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
48°22′30″N 06°17′52″E / 48.37500°N 6.29778°E / 48.37500; 6.29778
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Noël de Castelnau Crown Prince Rupprecht
Strength
Second Army 6th Army
Casualties and losses
c. 70,000
Trouée de Charmes
Trouéede Charmes (Charmes Gap) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle, a department of the Grand Est region of France

The Battle of the Trouée de Charmes (French: Bataille de la trouée de Charmes) or Battle of the Mortagne was fought at the beginning of the First World War, between 24 and 26 August 1914 by the French Second Army and the German 6th Army, after the big German victory at the Battle of the Frontiers, earlier in August.

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