Bois-le-Prêtre fighting

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Fighting at Bois-le-Prêtre
Part of Race to the Sea
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Bois-le-Prêtre in 1915
DateSeptember 1914 to July 1915
Location 48°54′54″N6°00′11″E / 48.915°N 6.003°E / 48.915; 6.003
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Flag of France.svg Henri Lebocq Flag of the German Empire.svg Kurt von Ditfurth
Units involved
Flag of France.svg 167th Infantry Regiment
Flag of France.svg 168th Division
Flag of France.svg 73rd Division
Flag of France.svg 128th Division
Flag of the German Empire.svg 121st Division

Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (Priest's Wood, Priesterwald in German) was an engagement in the First World War between September 1914 and July 1915, involving the French 73rd Division and the 128th Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st Division.

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Situation

Bois le Prêtre is a Lorraine forest, to the north-west of the town of Pont-a-Mousson near the Moselle River. In 1914 German troops attacked Verdun fortifications which are a strong point inside the French defenses lines.

Facts

German cemetery (Thiaucourt-Regnieville) F54 Thiaucourt Soldatenfriedhof.JPG
German cemetery (Thiaucourt-Regniéville)
French Le Petant cemetery (Montauville) Petant3.jpg
French Le Pétant cemetery (Montauville)
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1915

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