About 5 miles southwest of the Belgian city of Charleroi, on the north bank of the River Sambre, lies the village of Lobbes. For three days in August 1914 actions were fought in its vicinity that — because of the stalwart defensive efforts of smaller French units — prevented advancing German forces from flanking the French Army's deployments in the west, potentially compromising their strategic position fully.
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