A cross commemorates the Battle of the Frontiers in 1914 at a WW1 military cemetery in the village of Rossignol, southern Belgium, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
ROSSIGNOL Belgium (Reuters) - The bloodiest day for the French Army in World War One - indeed in its entire history - draws no national tributes, no eulogies by dignitaries, few wreaths laid in respect.
The storied campaigns at the Marne and Verdun are seared into French consciousness But the catastrophic Battle of the Frontiers a century ago that cut down 27,000 French soldiers on August 22, 1914, remains largely unknown.
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