Battle of the Sambre (1914)

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath Continued trench warfare
gptkbp:casualties High casualties on both sides
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Younger
gptkb:General_Joseph_Joffre
gptkbp:date November 1914
gptkbp:duration Several days
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:First_Battle_of_Ypres
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Sambre_River
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the Race to the Sea
gptkbp:historical_significance Influenced future battles in WWI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Sambre (1914)
gptkbp:involved_technology gptkb:artillery
Machine guns
Rifles
Field hospitals
Logistics and supply chains
Barbed wire
Telegraph communication
Poison gas
Aviation reconnaissance
Rail transport for troops
Tanks (later in the war)
gptkbp:location Sambre River, Belgium
gptkbp:military_strategy Defensive positions
gptkbp:outcome Stalemate in some areas
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aisne
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic position in the Western Front
gptkbp:tactics Trench warfare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philippe_Pétain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4