Editing Battle of Verdun (section)

====1 August – 17 September====
On 1 August, a German surprise-attack advanced {{cvt|800|–|900|m|order=flip}} towards [[Fort Souville]]. This prompted French counter-attacks for two weeks, which were only able to retake a small amount of the captured ground.{{sfn|Doughty|2005|p=299}} On 18 August, Fleury was recaptured and by September, French counter-attacks had recovered much of the ground lost in July and August. On 29 August Falkenhayn was replaced as Chief of the General Staff by [[Paul von Hindenburg]] and First Quartermaster-General [[Erich Ludendorff]].{{sfn|Holstein|2010|p=95}} On 3 September, an attack on both flanks at Fleury advanced the French line several hundred metres, against which German counter-attacks from {{nowrap|4 to 5 September}} failed. The French attacked again on {{nowrap|9, 13 and from 15 to 17 September.}} Losses were light except at the Tavannes railway tunnel, where {{nowrap|474 French}} troops died in a fire which began on 4 September.{{sfn|Doughty|2005|pp=305–306}}