1 The Bavarian Army at the Outbreak of War
The Peacetime Army
Mobilisation
Initial Deployment
2 Covering Force, Deployment and Combat to 19 August
Deployment of the Sixth Army and First Combat to 13 August
The Cavalry Charge at Gerden, 11 August
Badonviller, 12 August
German and French War Plans
Diespach, 14 August
7th Army to 17 August
6th Army Withdrawal, 14–17 August
Cirey, 14 August
Initial Advance: Combat in the Vosges, 18–19 August
Weiler,18 August
Weier im Thal and Giragroutte, 19 August
St Martin, 19 August
18 and 19 August in Lorraine
Mittersheim, 18 August
Liedersingen, 19 August
3 The Battle in Lorraine and the Vosges, 20–22 August
The Battle of Lorraine, 20 August
Delm
Mörchingen
Lautersingen–St Johann
Saarburg
The Pursuit on 21 August
The Pursuit on 22 August
Maixe
Autrepierre
The Battle in the Middle Vosges
XIV RK, 20–22 August
30 RD at Steige, 20 August
Roggensbach-Salzheim, 21–22 August
Bavarian Ersatz Division and 2 Landwehr Brigade, 20–22 August
St Kreuz, 20 August
Markirch, 21 August
First Conquest of the Col de Ste Marie, 22 August
Colmar and Mühlhausen, 20–22 August
4 The Battle at Nancy-Épinal 23 August – 14 September
Continuation of the Pursuit 23–26 August
23 August
Montigny
24 August
II b. AK Attack Over the Meurthe: Blainville–Remenoville
I b. AK at Baccarat
The End of the Pursuit: The Front Stabilises, 25 and 26 August
25 August
Hoéville–Maixe–Léomont
Withdrawal of II b. AK behind the Mortagne
Lamath, 25 August
Bazien
26 August
Events North of Lunéville
Stabilisation of the II b. AK Position, South-east of Lunéville
Xermaménil
Doncières
Conquest of Fort Manonviller
The Breakthrough Over the Vosges to the Meurthe, South of St Dié
23-27 August
30 RD Advance Over the Col d’Urbeis, 23-25 August
Advance of the Bavarian Ersatz Division over the Col de St Marie to Wisembach, 23-25 August
Setback on the Col de Ste Marie, 23 August
Col de Ste Marie Finally Taken, 24 August
Advance Through Wisembach, 25 August
General Advance to the Meurthe and the Capture of St Dié, 26-27 August
Coinches, 26 August
St Dié-Saulcy, 27 August
The Rhine Valley South of Schlettstadt, 23-26 August
Deadlock and New Missions, End of August to Beginning of September
Quiet North of Lunéville
II b. AK, the Sixth Army Problem Child
I b. AK at Xaffévillers-Anglemont, 27-28 August
Continuation of the Battles at St Dié, 28 August
29 August
30 August
31 August
1 September
2 September
Advance into the Vosges West of Colmar and into the Upper Alsace
Eschelmer-Zell-Drei Ähren, 2 September
Renewing the Offensive, 3-8 September
Upper Alsace and the Vosges, 3-8 September
Unsuccessful Attack on the Crest of the Vosges
30 RD, Bavarian ED, 3-8 September
3 September
4 September
5 September
Defense Against French Attacks 6-8 September
Between Lunéville and the West Slope of the Vosges, 3-8 September
The Attack on the Nancy Position, 3-8 September
Preparations
The First Step, 4-5 September
The Second Step, 7-8 September
Breaking Off the Battle and Withdrawal, 9-15 September
30 RD and Bavarian ED at Senones-Saal, 13-14 September
Casualties
Analysis