Battle of Flirey

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Battle of Flirey
Part of The First World War
Map of the Battle, with the fortified city of Verdun in the top left
Date 19 September – 11 October 1914 Location Around Flirey, France 48°52′35″N 05°50′54″E / 48.87639°N 5.84833°E / 48.87639; 5.84833 Result German victory
Belligerents
France	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Maurice Sarrail Noel de Castelnau	Crown Prince Rupprecht
Units involved
Third Army	6th Army
Flirey class=notpageimage| Flirey: commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France

The Battle of Flirey (French: 1re Bataille de Flirey) took place in the First World War and was fought from 19 September to 11 October 1914. The German Army defeated the French. The battle cut most of the roads and railways to the Fortified Region of Verdun (Région Fortifiée de Verdun [RFV]) and had a considerable effect on the rest of the war on the Western Front.