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Recapture of Fort Vaux
Part of Battle of Verdun 1916
and World War I 1914-1918

Cover page Mangin Group and storming of Fort Vaux 's war diaries
Date24 October to 3 November 1916
Location49°06′56″N 5°16′50″E / 49.1155°N 5.2805°E / 49.1155; 5.2805
Result Victory of the French offensive
Belligerents
French Third Republic France German Empire Germany Empire
Commanders and leaders

G.A.C Commander
French Third Republic General Pétain

G.A.C Artillery Commander
French Third Republic General Franiatte

Chef Commander
2nd Army
French Third Republic General Nivelle

Group D.E. Commander
French Third Republic General Mangin

74th DI Commander
French Third Republic General de Lardemelle

63eDI Commander
French Third Republic General Andlauer

50eBCP Commander
French Third Republic Commandant Imbert

71eBCP Commander
French Third Republic Commandant Cour

22eDI Commander
French Third Republic General Bouysson

230eRI Commander
French Third Republic Lt-colonel Viotte

299eRI Commander
French Third Republic Lt-colonel Vidal

Commander in chief
German Empire Imperial Kronprinz Wilhelm of Prussia

Cdt Maas-Ost-Groupe
German Empire General Von Lochow

Area commander
German Empire Gal K. A. vonSteuben

34eDI Commander
German Empire Galmajor T. Teetzmann

9eD Commander
German Empire Generalmajor J.R. von Bieberstein

13eDI Commander
German Empire Generalleutnant Kurt von dem Borne

25eD Commander
German Empire Generalleutnant Thaddaüs von Jarotzky

54eD Commander
German Empire Galmajor O. von Watter

33eD Commander
German Empire Generalleutnant Viktor Bausch

53eRI Commander German Empire

50eD Commander
German Empire Generalleutnant George von Engelbrechten

The recapture of Fort Vaux (French: Reprise du fort de Vaux) was a military engagement between 24 October and 3 November 1916, during the Battle of Verdun on the Western Front in France in World War I. French troops recaptured Fort Vaux.

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