Rearguard Affair of Étreux

Rearguard Affair of Étreux
Part of the Great Retreat on the Western Front of World War I
Date27 August 1914
Location
Étreux, France
49°59′42″N 03°39′27″E / 49.99500°N 3.65750°E / 49.99500; 3.65750
Result German victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Alexander von Kluck
Karl von Bülow
Strength
around 800 with two field guns 4,000–5,000
Casualties and losses
around 600 killed and wounded, 240 men and 4 officers  (POW) as many as 1,500
Étreux
Étreux, a commune in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France

The Rearguard Affair of Étreux was fought at Étreux by the British Expeditionary Force during the Great Retreat on the Western Front in 1914.

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