Bois-le-Prêtre fighting

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.

Fighting at Bois-le-Prêtre
Part of Race to the Sea

Bois-le-Prêtre in 1915
DateSeptember 1914 to July 1915
Location48°54′54″N 6°00′11″E
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 France  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Henri Lebocq Kurt von Ditfurth
Units involved
167th Infantry Regiment
168th Division
73rd Division
128th Division
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

German cemetery (Thiaucourt-Regniéville)
French Le Pétant cemetery (Montauville)
1915

See also


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