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The Battle of Ardennes was one of the first battles of World War 1. This battle included the French and and the German empire. The French had 361,000 troops in this battle and the Germans had 380,000 troops. A French commander ordered an attack on the Germans through the Ardennes Forest to support the French invasion at Lorraine. The French expected there to be light troops in the area. The French easily took Ardennes but then realized that there big German numbers gathering around the Ardennes Forest. The Germans counter attacked the French and advance to Lorraine. Afterwards the French commander Joseph Joffre invaded Ardennes the following day. The war was close in numbers but the French had more casualties with 22,000 killed and an unknown number of wounded. The Germans had 14,900 killed and 23,100 wounded. This battle lasted 2 days August 21 to August 23 to start off World War 1. After the battle the French went on the offensive a day after the battle was over from the 21 of August to the 26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyy0MK3ZLHc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ardennes http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/ardennes.htm