Battle of Le Cateau

Battle of Le Cateau

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Le Cateau
partof=the Great Retreat on the Western Front (World War I)


caption=British dead at the Battle of Le Cateau.
date=26 August –27 August 1914
place=Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
result=Successful retreat by the Allies
combatant1=flagicon|UK United Kingdom
flagicon|France France
flagicon|Belgium Belgium
combatant2=flagicon|German Empire German Empire
commander1=flagicon|UK Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
flagicon|France Michel-Joseph Maunoury
commander2=flagicon|German Empire Alexander von Kluck
flagicon|German Empire Karl von Bülow
strength1=40,000
strength2=Unknown
casualties1=7,812 men (including about 2,600 prisoners) 38 guns
casualties2=7,500 Killed or Wounded

The Battle of Le Cateau occurred on 26 August 1914, after the British, French and Belgians retreated from the Battle of Mons and set up defensive positions in a fighting withdrawal against the German advance at Le Cateau-Cambrésis on 26 August.

In the morning on 26 August, the Germans arrived and heavily attacked the British. By the afternoon, the right, then left flanks of the British, began to break. The arrival of Sordet's French cavalry protected the left flank.

That night, the Allies withdrew to Saint-Quentin. Of the 40,000 Allied men fighting at Le Cateau, 7,812 were injured, killed or taken prisoner. Several British regiments had even disappeared from the rolls altogether.Fact|date=April 2007 38 artillery guns were lost also.

ee also

*La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial

Further reading

* Becke, Major A. F. "The Royal Regiment of Artillery at Le Cateau" (Reprinted D P & G Military Publishers, 2002, ISBN 1-90397-216-7 ISBN-13: 978-1903972168. Reprinted Naval & Military Press Ltd (July 2003, paperback) ISBN 1-84342-545-9 ISBN-13: 978-1843425458; (June 2006, hardcover) ISBN 1-84734-275-2 ISBN-13: 978-1847342751)
* Brown, Malcolm, The Western Front, (1993), Sidgwick and Jackson
* Cave, Nigel and Sheddon, Jack "Le Cateau" Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008, ISBN: 0-85052-842-9 ISBN-13: 978-0850528428
* Evans, M. M. (2004). Battles of World War I. "Select Editions". ISBN 1-84193-226-4.
* Gavaghan, Michael "Illustrated Pocket Guide to Mons, Le Cateau 1914" (Forgotten Battles Series, Book 3) M&L Publications ISBN 0-95244-645-6
* HMSO "Battle of Le Cateau 26th August, 1914. Tour of the Battlefield" HMSO (By Command of the Army Council), 1934 (reprinted Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2005, ISBN: 1-84574-033-5 ISBN-13: 978-1845740337
* Jones, Nigel H, The War Walk, (1983), Robert Hale Ltd.

External links

* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/lecateau.htm The Battle of Le Cateau, 1914]
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/bat2.htm The Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914]
* [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_le_cateau.html Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914]
* [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/timeline/lecateau.htm Battle of Le Cateau] (The Western Front Association)
* [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/timeline/lecateauorder.htm The Battle of Le Cateau & Subsidiary Actions: BEF Order of Battle)] (The Western Front Association)


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