The First World War The Western Front On 3 August 1914, the German army invaded Belgium. Britain declared war the next day. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) went to France. <Tab/>For the first two months, the armies fought each other in a 'war of movement'. The German army came within 30 miles of Paris, then it was defeated at the Battle of the Marne (6-10 September 1914) and pushed back. <Tab/&…showed first 75 words of 1467 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1467 total…the Somme. Others, mainly military men, have declared that he did as well as could be expected, and that only a man of great determination and character could have seen the matter through. <Tab/>After the war, Haig was given £100,000 and made an Earl, but he was given no important job to do. He spent the rest of life raising money for the men wounded in the war.