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| Assassination of Jaures Jaures, Jean |  |
| 31st July Assassinated by a French nationalist fanatic |
| Battle of Artois Foch, Ferdinand | |
| May Artois Conducts an offensive in Artois |
| Sep Artois Conducts an offensive in Artois |
| Battle of Champagne, 1st Joffre, Joseph | |
| Dec Champagne Hopes to divert the Germans from the Eastern front |
| Battle of Frontiers Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Aug Morhange Attacks Morhange but forced to retreat to Nancy |
| Battle of Marne, 1st Gallieni, Joseph | |
| 4th Sep Marne Ordes the 6th Army to advance east from Paris & attack the German 1st Army's flank |
| Battle of Marne, 1st Joffre, Joseph | |
| 5th Sep Marne Forms the 6th & 9th Armies in preparation for the German counter-attack |
| 5th Sep Verdun Orders the 1st & 2nd French Armies to hold the Germans around Verdun & Nancy |
| 6th Sep Marne Stops further French retreat & orders an attack at the Marne |
| 9th Sep Marne Counter-attacks against von Bulow & forces him to retire, the German advance is halted |
| 14th Sep Marne Defeats von Kluck, the German Army retreats from Paris to the Soissons -Rheims line |
| Battle of Marne, 1st Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| 4th Sep Marne Fights at the Battle of the Marne |
| Battle of Marne, 1st Simon, Joseph | |
| 5th Sep Marne Moves against the exposed flank of von Kluck's 1st Army & halted its southward drive |
| Battle of St Quentin Lanzerac, Charels | |
| 29th Aug St Quentin Attacks St Quentin to releive the British at Mons & buy time for the 6th Army at Paris |
| 30th Aug St Quentin Forced back & abandons the objective of capturing St Quentin |
| Capital Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 3rd Sep Bordeaux The capital of France is moved to Bordeaux |
| Capture of Amiens Joffre, Joseph | |
| 30th Aug Amiens Amiens is captured by the Germans |
| 14th Sep Amiens France recaptures Amiens |
| 14th Sep Rhiems France recaptures Rheims |
| Capture of Amiens Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 30th Aug Amiens Amiens is captured by the Germans |
| Chief of General Staff Joffre, Joseph | |
| 7th Aug Appointed Commander of the French Army |
| Chief of Staff Weygand, Maxime | |
| 28th Aug River Marne Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the 9th Army |
| Commander 2nd Army Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de | |
| Appointed Commander of the 2nd Army |
| Commander 33rd Regiment Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| July Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment |
| Commander 9th Army Foch, Ferdinand | |
| 28th Aug River Marne Appointed Commander of the 9th Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front |
| Commander Army Group North Foch, Ferdinand | |
| 4th Oct Appointed Commander of the Army Group Nth |
| 4th Oct Appointed Commander of the Army Group Nth, during the "Race to the Sea" |
| Commander XX Corps Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Lorraine Appointed Commander of the XX Corps |
| Commander XXXIII Corps Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| 25th Oct Artois Appointed Commander of the XXXIII Corps |
| Death of Jaures, Jean Jaures, Jean | |
| 31st July Death of Jean Jaures , assassinated |
| Declaration of War Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 5th Nov Great Britain & France declare war on Turkey |
| Election Auriol, Vincent | |
| Elected Deputy |
| Election Laval, Pierre | |
| Aubervilliers Elected Deputy |
| General Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Aug Appointed General of the Brigade |
| Sep Appointed General of the Division after the Battle of the Marne |
| Invasion of France Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de | |
| 20th Aug Nancy Castelnau's army is forced to retreat to Nancy |
| Invasion of France Joffre, Joseph | |
| 25th Aug River Somme Joffre orders a retreat to the Somme |
| 1st Sep River Seine Joffre orders a retreat to the Seine-Aube-Ornain line |
| Invasion of France Moltke |  |
| France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia |
| Invasion of Russia Moltke | |
| France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia |
| Invention Tank Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| London France & Britain test the new tank which is introduced into combat in 1915 |
| Military Governor Gallieni, Joseph | |
| 28th Aug Appointed Military Governor of Paris |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Viviani, Rene | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Mobilization Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Coordinate the Allied forces between the Oise & the Nth Sea |
| Mobilization Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 2nd Aug Issues the mobilization proclamation to France |
| Prime Minister Viviani, Rene | |
| 13th June Appointed Prime Minister of France, forms & leads the Government of National unity |
| Schlieffen Plan Moltke | |
| France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia |
| Siege of Mons Lanzerac, Charels | |
| 29th Aug Mons Attacks St Quentin to releive the British at Mons & buy time for the 6th Army at Paris |
| Siege of Paris Joffre, Joseph | |
| 1st Sep Paris Orders the 6th French Army to defend Paris |
| 2nd Sep Paris Ordes retreat to the Rivers Seine & Aube sth east of Paris & 60 km sth of the Marne |
| Siege of Paris Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 3rd Sep Paris Paris is placed in a state of siege |
