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The Battle of the Ardennes took place in August of 1914. It was a battle between the Germans and the French. Each side of the battle had two sets of forces. The battle started between the collision of the French and German forces in the Ardennes forest. This was just the beginning of what was to come. By August 19th the German troops moved through the woods to make defensive positions. The French's plan was to attack the Germans in the middle of the Ardennes forest as they passed through. The two forces finally collided on August 21st. On the first day of the war the Germans had way more men than the French. Also, on the first day of the war there was not much fighting just little fights scattered all over the place. On the second day the attack mode French attacked the defensive Germans in the woods. When the French attacked the Germans the Germans fired machine guns at them. When the French were in trouble they tried to retreat in the late afternoon but it was way too disorganized. So the Germans took advantage of this bad retreat and gained so good resources. The French eventually ended up defeating the Germans.