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First Battle of the Marne (1914)

On the WWI map as “The Marne”

5-12 Sep 1914 — Joffre’s counterstroke catches the German First and Second Armies 40 km from Paris with a gap between them. Six hundred Paris taxis carry one brigade to the front; the whole German line falls back to the Aisne — and digs in.

When
Type
Battle site
Chapter
Schlieffen Plan and the Marne (chapter 4 of WWI)
Atlas
The Great War, 1871–1923
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Map showing First Battle of the Marne (1914), battle site in The Great War, 1871–1923
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