Bois-le-Prêtre fighting

48°54′54″N 6°00′11″E / 48.915°N 6.003°E / 48.915; 6.003Result InconclusiveBelligerents  France  GermanyCommanders and leaders Henri Lebocq Kurt von DitfurthUnits involved 167th Infantry Regiment
168th Division
73rd Division
128th Division 121st Division

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Race to the Sea

• 1st Picardy
• Flirey
• Albert
• Bois-le-Prêtre
• Arras
• La Bassée
• Armentières
• Messines
• Yser
• 1st Ypres
  • Langemarck
  • Gheluvelt
  • Nonne Bosschen

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.

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

• The villages of Regniéville, Remenauville and Fey-en-Haye were destroyed.
• Bois-le-Pretre was one of the first mission of the volunteer American Ambulance's Field Service

See also

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