L'église luthérienne de Morhange est un ancien temple de garnison, situé rue de Montmorency à Morhange, en Lorraine. Construit durant l'annexion allemande, l'édifice fait aujourd'hui l'objet d'un ambitieux projet de restauration.
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Morhange is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Racrange is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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The Battle of Morhange was one of the first major battles of the First World War during its initial phase. It took place between 19 and 20 August 1914 on a front stretching for nearly 30 kilometers involving the villages of Morhange and Dieuze in the present-day Moselle department, then German territory.
The battle pitted the French 2nd Army, commanded by General Édouard de Castelnau, against the German 6th Army, commanded by Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria. The French 2nd Army comprised three main units: the 20th Army Corps commanded by General Ferdinand Foch, the 15th Army Corps and the 16th Army Corps. After a difficult week of advancing through German Lorraine, resulting in considerable losses among the French ranks, the exhausted soldiers approached the Battle of Morhange. On 19 August, Castelnau gave the order to attack the German army the following day therefore he and his men were forced to retreat to Nancy.
On 20 August, conflicting instructions disrupted the initial plan: while Foch was supposed to remain in place to guard the flank of the rest of the army, he too attacked Morhange. The French offensive, deceived by the enemy who initially feigned a retreat, was ultimately halted by a well-organized German rear defensive line, and the battle was extremely bloody.
Meanwhile, in the southeast of what is now the Moselle department, the Battle of Sarrebourg pitted the French 1st Army under General Augustin Dubail against the German 7th Army. Both battles ended in French defeats against the troops of Rupprecht of Bavaria, now nicknamed the "Victor of Metz".
Following the Battle of Morhange, controversies arose in France regarding General Foch's conduct and the precise role he played. The shortcomings of the high command were then blamed on the "soldiers from the south", particularly those of The 15th Body Case.
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Baronville is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
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Pévange is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.