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Uncommon card · History
Battle of the Frontiers, an Uncommon card
The Battle of the Frontiers comprised battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Battle of the Frontiers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Battle of the Frontiers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The German ______ on the right flank, was to wheel through Belgium and attack the French in the rear.
Answer
concentration. The German concentration on the right flank, was to wheel through Belgium and attack the French in the rear. From the Battle of the Frontiers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pierre Bourdieu. Pierre Bourdieu 84 · Battle of the Frontiers 79 · Oresteia 76 · Horatio Alger 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Oresteia. Oresteia 250,000 · Edward Gibbon 140,000 · Battle of the Frontiers 98,000 · British Agricultural Revolution 75,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The battles resolved the military strategies of the French Chief of Staff General Joseph Joffre with Plan XVII and an offensive adaptation of the German Aufmarsch II deployment plan by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.
- The German concentration on the right flank, was to wheel through Belgium and attack the French in the rear.
- The German advance was delayed by the movement of the French Fifth Army under General Charles Lanrezac towards the north-west to intercept them and the presence of the British Expeditionary Force on the French left.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of the Frontiers article was read about 98,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Battle of the Frontiers
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of the Frontiers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lvcvlvs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
