Order Of Battle Of The First Battle Of The Marne
The following units of the British, French and German Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I. Comparative relevant military ranks British Expeditionary Force *Commander-in-Chief of the BEF - Field-Marshal Sir John French *Chief of Staff - Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray *Deputy Chief of Staff - Major-General Sir Henry Wilson *Adjutant-General - Major-General Sir Nevil Macready *Quartermaster-General - Major-General Sir William Robertson *Deputy Adjutant-General - Major-General E. R. C. Graham *Commander, Royal Artillery - Major-General W. F. L. Lindsay *Commander, Royal Engineers - Brigadier-General G. H. Fowke *Assistant Adjutant-General - Colonel A. E. J. Cavendish *Assistant Quartermaster-General - Colonel C. T. Dawkins *Operations Officer - Colonel G. M. Harper *Intelligence Officer - Colonel G. M. W. Macdonogh I Corps *General Officer Commanding - Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig *Ch ...
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First Battle Of The Marne
The First Battle of the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914. It was fought in a collection of skirmishes around the Marne River Valley. It resulted in an Entente victory against the German armies in the west. The battle was the culmination of the Retreat from Mons and pursuit of the Franco-British armies which followed the Battle of the Frontiers in August and reached the eastern outskirts of Paris. Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), began to plan for a full British retreat to port cities on the English Channel for an immediate evacuation. The military governor of Paris, Joseph Simon Gallieni, wanted the Franco–British units to counter-attack the Germans along the Marne River and halt the German advance. Entente reserves would restore the ranks and attack the German flanks. On 5 September, the counter-offensive by six French armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) began. By ...
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