battle, First World War

Battle of Dinant

Name: Battle of Dinant
Location: Dinant, Belgium

Battle of Dinant was a battle fought in August 1914 at Dinant, in what is now Belgium. The recorded result: German victory.

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FoughtAugust 1914

WhereDinant, Belgium50.250N, 4.900E

OutcomeGerman victory

BelligerentsFrench Third RepublicagainstGerman Empire

Casualties and losses1,100–1,200 killed and woundedand4,275 killed and wounded

Record

Date	August 1914 (month precision)
Place	Dinant, Belgium 50.250N, 4.900E
Kind	Battle, First World War
Casualties and losses	1,100–1,200 killed and wounded	4,275 killed and wounded; about 674 Belgian civilians massacred
Commanders	Henry Victor Deligny	Max von Hausen

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Falmagne 1790, 5.5 km S
Siege of Givet 1815, 14 km SW
Siege of Namur 1692, 24 km N
Siege of Namur 1695, 24 km N
Siege of Namur 1746, 24 km N

Elsewhere in 1914

First Battle of the Marne France
Battle of Tannenberg Poland
Caucasus campaign Turkey
Battle of Liège Belgium
Battle of the Falkland Islands Argentina

Battle of Dinant is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q62090944, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dinant, revision 1370109759, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.