BATTLES THE MARNE NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA NAVIGATION CATEGORIES SPORTS SOCIAL SCIENCES LINKS LINK PREVIOUS LEXINGTON AND CONCORD FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE WORLD WAR DATE SEPTEMBER 5 LOCATION MARNE RIVER FRANCE STRATEGICALLY ALLIED VICTORY COMBATANTS FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM GERMAN EMPIRE COMMANDERS JOSEPH JOFFRE SIR JOHN FRENCH HELMUTH VON MOLTKE KARL VON BULOW ALEXANDER VON KLUCK STRENGTH CASUALTIES FRENCH BRITISH TOTAL THE MIRACLE BATTLE THE GERMAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF HELMUTH VON MOLTKE THE YOUNGER THE BATTLE MAJOR JULY 15 THE LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE WESTERN FRONT FAILED COUNTERATTACK FRENCH FORCES NUMBER THE LOSS CAUSED THE GERMANS RETREAT NEVER THE ALLIES SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE ARMISTICE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES THE WAR TOTALITARIAN REGIMES VERSES DEMOCRATIC SOMEWHAT ANALYSIS RIVALRY JEALOUSY TWO SIDES GERMANY FELT ENTITLED BELGIUM POSSESSED OVERSEAS TERRITORY SMALL NUMBER DEMOCRATIZATION ADVANCED THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THE HOPE RIVER WAR PROVED AS THE WORLD EXPERIENCE CREATE PEACE INITIATED THE YEARS PRELUDE AFTERMATH NOTES REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS CREDITS MAUBEUGE LE CATEAU QUENTIN MARNE AISNE THE WESTERN FRONT UNITED STATES WESTERN FRONT FRONTIERS LIEGE ANTWERP GREAT RETREAT RACE TO THE SEA NEUVE CHAPELLE YPRES ARTOIS HILL 70 LOOS VERDUN HULLUCH SOMME ARRAS VIMY RIDGE PASSCHENDAELE CAMBRAI WOOD HAMEL HUNDRED DAYS THE END OF AUGUST THE WHOLE FORCED GENERAL MEANWHILE ARMIES PARIS TAKEN FRENCH ARMY BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FELL BRITISH TROOPS SUFFERED HEAVY ATTACK FIELD MARSHAL COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH FORCE BLAMED GENERAL LANREZAC COMMANDER FRENCH FIFTH ARMY FAILURE FIGHT UNANNOUNCED NOTWITHSTANDING FACT COMMUNICATIONS TIMELY NECESSARY THE FACE SUPERIOR GERMAN FORCES PROBABLY SAVED BULK THE EARLY WEEKS RELATIONS BETWEEN PLANS MOVE ALL BRITISH TROOPS BACK FROM THE FRONT LINES OF COMMUNICATION REST PERSUADED LORD KITCHENER KITCHENER WITHDRAWAL KEEP ON THE FRONT EXPOSED SWERVE THE SOUTHEAST AWAY RIGHT FLANK JOFFRE TACTICAL QUICKLY ALL ALONG THE BRITISH ARMY FRENCH SIXTH ARMY THE JOB THE EXPOSED AGREEMENT THE ATTACK BEGIN THE MORNING OF THE COMMANDER FIRST ARMY DETECTED THE APPROACH THE ALLIED WHEEL FACE CONTACT CAVALRY PATROLS HANS IV RESERVE CORPS THE RIGHT OURCQ RIVER SEIZING THE INITIATIVE DIVISIONS ATTACKED LIGHT ARTILLERY INFANTRY GATHERING SIXTH ARMY PUSHED POSTURE PLANNED ALLIED ASSAULT THE THREAT WHEELED BATTLE OF THE OURCQ REDUCED THE ARRIVAL TAXICAB ORDERS KLUCK AISNE RIVER STAFF OFFICER LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD VON KLUCK TURNING MEET WIDE LINES CAUTIOUS TO THE LEFT RECONNAISSANCE PLANES DISCOVERED THE GAP REPORTED ON THE GROUND PROMPT EXPLOITING THE BREAK DISPATCHING JOIN POURING WING FIFTH ARMY SIMULTANEOUSLY CLOSE BREAKTHROUGH AIDED RESERVE TAXI CABS AGGRESSIVE LAUNCHED SURPRISE WIDEN RECENT COMMAND IN PLACE CHARLES LANREZAC TOTALLY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN HEARING SUBORDINATES REGROUP PURSUED PACE ADVANCE MERE CEASED POINT NORTH TRENCHES WERE TO LAST SEPTEMBER 9 MARKED ABANDONMENT THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN MOLTKE SAID TO THE AFTERMATH BOTH SIDES STALEMATE THE SPRING OFFENSIVE ERICH LUDENDORFF CHIEF VIRTUAL MILITARY RULER BELIEVED FLANDERS REGION PARTS NORTHERN BELGIUM GIVE DECISIVE VICTORY POTENT ALLIED FORCE THAT TIME SHIELD INTENTIONS DRAW ALLIED TROOPS DIVERSIONARY ATTACK FIRST AND THIRD MUDRA KARL VON EINEM FRENCH FOURTH ARMY EAST SEVENTH ARMY NINTH ARMY THE WEST SPLIT LARGE NUMBERS BRITISH SOLDIERS AMERICAN TROOPS THE EAST REIMS BROKE NINE MILES FRENCH NINTH ARMY HELPED ITALIAN STALLED BREAK THROUGH FERDINAND FOCH SUPREME AUTHORIZE RECENTLY TENTH ARMY MILES FIRST DAY IN THE WEST ALL THE WAY POSITIONS SPRING GROUND CANCELLATION PLANNED INVASION THE FIRST STEP THE TAXI CABS CLASH SINGLE EVENTS LEFT RUINS HOPES QUICK LONG WAR DISCOVERING WEAK POINTS ADVANTAGE THE FIRST BATTLE REMEMBERED HUNDRED PARISIAN RENAULT AUTHORITIES USED TO TRANSPORT SIX THOUSAND ARRIVAL TRADITIONALLY CRITICAL POSSIBLE 6TH ARMY QUESTION REAL IMPACT UNDENIABLE TAXIS DE LA THE UNION CIVILIAN POPULATION SOLDIERS REMINISCENT THE PEOPLE ARMS THE FRENCH REPUBLIC MORE THAN TWO WHOM HIGHEST SUSTAINED THE REST FIRST WORLD THE WAR IN THE AIR CENTENNIAL AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN WORLD TREVOR GENIUS ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS ISBN ELEK SCHOLARS BOOKSHELF NARRATIVE THE GREAT RETREAT SKIRROW MASSACRE THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BATTALION WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT THE GREAT SOUTH SWORD BRITISH 62ND DIVISION EVENTS CAUSES SARAJEVO ASSASSINATION JULY ULTIMATUM EASTERN FRONT ITALIAN FRONT MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE BALKAN ATLANTIC AFRICAN THEATRE PACIFIC TIMELINE LITERATURE TOTAL WAR BATTLE OF LIEGE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG INVASION OF SERBIA BATTLE OF ARRAS BATTLE OF SARIKAMIS MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI ITALIAN CAMPAIGN CONQUEST SERBIA BATTLE OF VERDUN BATTLE OF THE SOMME BATTLE OF JUTLAND BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE ROMANIA GREAT ARAB REVOLT SECOND BATTLE OF ARRAS BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD PALESTINE 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY OTTOMAN EMPIRE MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS NAVAL WARFARE AIR WARFARE CRYPTOGRAPHY P