First Battle of the Great War??

[taliesin238]

What was the first battle of World War One???

[the 5niper]

The first major battle was the battle of Mons where the numericaly inferior British army stopped thew Germans in there tracks:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of _mons.htm

[shaneystar2]

I think it was in Africa ..Togoland or somewhere like that . Colonial type arguments .The German forces in SW Africa attacked South Africa ?
On the Western front I think it was The Marne. Although there were minor skirmishes elsewhere in Serbia ,Russia and so on .
No doubt someone with more knowledge can say for sure .

[Octavius]

The Battle of Liege, 5 August 1914